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It's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.
Oct 1, 2025
The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.
Power isn't control at all-power is strength, and giving that strength to others. A leader isn't someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength to others that they may have the strength to stand on their own.
It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. They don't think 'I'. They think 'we'; they think 'team'.
Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.
When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.
A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.
I can't give you the sunset, but I can give you the night.
What chance gathers, she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.
You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.
In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.
The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.
A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.
Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.
To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader. A boss says, Go! A leader says, Let's go!
Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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.
Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.
It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
Social media is the greatest leadership tool ever invented. It gives you the opportunity to amplify your voice, extend your influence, and create a tribe of passionate followers who want to hear from you.
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
Leaders aren't born they are made.
Leaders are not born, they're made.
Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.
A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
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.
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.