Funny Leadership Quotes
You do not lead by hitting people over the head. That’s assault, not leadership.
A good leader takes care of those in their charge. A bad leader takes charge of those in their care.
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.
Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership.
I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.
If two or three persons should come with a high spiritual aim and with great powers, the world would fall into their hands like a ripe peach.
Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.
The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go with it.
The task of the leader is to get their people from where they are to where they have not been.
We have great managers who haven’t spent a day in management school. Do we have great surgeons that haven’t spent a day in surgical school?
When trouble arises, and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that person is crazy.
Famous Leadership Quotes
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right thing.
You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.
When you’re in a leadership role, you can never please all of the people all of the time. There’s also a lot of responsibility that goes along with it that others may not realise.
Uncertainty is a permanent part of the leadership landscape. It never goes away.
To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.
Some people want it to happen. Some wish it would happen. Others make it happen.
People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
Of all the things I’ve done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results, not attributes.
My jobs is not to be easy on people. My job is to make them better.
A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.
