Leadership Quotes

"Let's Make Sure History Never Forgets The Name Enterprise."

- Captain Jean-Luc Picard

"Engage."

- Captain Picard

"Leadership grows from self-confidence."

- Deanna Troi

"Leaders must get across the why as well as the what."

- John Doerr

"Your role as a sales leader is to set your team up to WIN"

- Tom Abbott

"You’ve got to position yourself as an authority. Position yourself as indispensable. Position yourself as the only viable option."

- Tom Abbott

"A leader needs to have the ability to inspire people. A leader has to be able to move people to take action."

- Tom Abbott

"Find out what’s most important to your team and consistently remind them of their goals and how you are helping them achieve their goals."

- Tom Abbott

"Leaders must be close enough to relate to others but far enough ahead to motivate them."

- John C. Maxwell

"At this point and age in my career I’m not looking for a stage. I’m looking to teach the younger players how to be professional, how to be a man, how to be a father, how to be a friend, how to handle your finances."

- Deion Sanders

"The value of a man is measured in the number of those who stand beside him, not those who follow."

- Socrates

"The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better."

- Tony Dungy

"In sports and in business, the greatest leaders are those who make the best decisions in the most crucial of situations."

- John C. Maxwell

"One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people’s excuses for failure."

- Robert Townsend

"Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people."

- Nelson Mandela

"A man has integrity if his interest in the good of the service is at all times greater than his personal pride, and when he holds himself to the same line of duty when unobserved as he would follow if his superiors were present"

- General S.L.A. Marshall

"A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him."

- General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur

"A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy. The press must be free from state interference. It must have the economic strength to stand up to the blandishments of government officials. It must have sufficient independence from vested interests to be bold and inquiring without fear or favour. It must enjoy the protection of the constitution, so that it can protect our rights as citizens."

- Nelson Mandela

"Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front."

- Nelson Mandela

"Lead from the back – and let others believe they are in front."

- Nelson Mandela

"There's likely a place in paradise for people who tried hard, but what really matters is succeeding. If that requires you to change, that's your mission."

- General Stanley McChrystal

"Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them."

- Napoleon Bonaparte

"Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy."

- General Norman Schwarzkopf, U.S. Army

"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week"

- George Patton

"I divide my officers into four classes as follows: the clever, the industrious, the lazy, and the stupid. Each officer always possesses two of these qualities. Those who are clever and industrious I appoint to the General Staff. Use can, under certain circumstances, be made of those who are stupid and lazy. The man who is clever and lazy qualifies for the highest leadership posts. He has the requisite and the mental clarity for difficult decisions. But whoever is stupid and industrious must be got rid of, for he is too dangerous."

- Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord

"Don’t begrudge the time you spend developing, coaching and helping your people to grow so they can carry on when you’re gone. It’s one of the best signs of good leadership."

- GEN Omar Bradley

"Leadership in a democratic army means firmness, not harshness; understanding, not weakness; generosity, not selfishness; pride, not egotism."

- GEN Omar Bradley

"Lead with passion, guide with heart."

"Leadership shines in tough times."

"Leadership thrives in highs and lows."