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Sep 17, 2025
Managers help people see themselves as they are; Leaders help people to see themselves better than they are.
Leading well is not about enriching yourself - it's about empowering others
If there is anything I would like to be remembered for it is that I helped people understand that leadership is helping other people grow and succeed. To repeat myself, leadership is not just about you. It's about them
No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him.
Real power comes by empowering others.
The beauty of empowering others is that your own power is not diminished in the process.
Leadership is providing inspiration and vision, then developing and empowering others to achieve this vision.
If you can see the invisible, then you can see the possible and provide the opportunities for trust, commitment and ways of empowering others to manage their past, present and future.
Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob.
Teamplayer: Once who unites others toward a shared destiny through sharing information and ideas, empowering others and developing trust.
I can't give you the sunset, but I can give you the night.
The building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.
Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination, with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.
Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty and industry. Don't take too much advice - keep at the helm and steer your own ship, and remember that the great art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - which is: Try to please everybody.
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.
Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.
When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.
The led must not be compelled; they must be able to choose their own leader.
A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.
If you think you are leading and turn around to see no one following, then you are just taking a walk.
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.
High sentiments always win in the end. The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.
Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.
Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.
Most people think leadership is about being in charge. Most people think leadership is about having all the answers and being the most intelligent person or the most qualified person in the room. The irony is that it is the complete opposite. Leadership is about empowering others to achieve things they did not think possible. Leadership is about pointing in the direction, articulating a vision of the world that does not yet exist. Then asking help from others to insure that vision happens.
The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.
Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant.
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
Leaders aren't born they are made.
Leaders are not born, they're made.
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Leadership is about empowering others to achieve things they did not think possible.
Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure about you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us.
True leadership strengthens the followers. It is a process of teaching, setting an example, and empowering others. If you seek to lead, your ability will ultimately be measured in the successes of those around you.
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.