on Leadership - by Woodrow Wilson

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.

Woodrow Wilson

on Leadership - by the Bard

Oh, it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.

William Shakespeare

on Leadership - by Lao Tzu

To lead the people, walk behind them.

Lao Tzu

on Leadership - by Zeno of Citium

We have been given two ears and but a single mouth in order that we may hear more and talk less.

Zeno of Citium

on Leadership - by von Goethe

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you may help them to become what they are capable of being.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

on Leadership - by Lao Tzu

The well-run group is not a battlefield of egos.

Lao Tzu

on Leadership - by Albert Schweitzer

Example 

is not the main thing in influencing others;

it is the only thing.

Albert Schweitzer

on Leadership - by H. Ross Perot

When building a team, I always search first for people who love to win.  If I can't find any of those, I look for people who hate to lose.

H. Ross Perot

on Leadership - by Harry A. Overstreet

The very essence of all power to influence  lies in getting the other person to participate.

Harry A. Overstreet

on Leadership - by Richard Nixon

People are persuaded by reason, but moved by emotion.  [The leader] must both persuade them and move them.

Richard Nixon

on Leadership - by Ralph Nadar

The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

Ralph Nadar

on Leadership - by Donald McGannon

Leadership is action, not position.

Donald McGannon

on Leadership - by Walter Lippman

The final test of a leader is that he [she] leaves behind in others the conviction and will to carry on.

Walter Lippman

on Leadership - by John Le Carre

The desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.

John Le Carre

on Leadership - by Jesse Jackson

Leadership has a harder job to do than just choosing sides, it must bring sides together.

Jesse Jackson

on Leadership - by Bill Gates

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

Bill Gates

on Leadership - by Harvey S. Firestone

The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.

Harvey S. Firestone

on Leadership - by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Make yourself necessary to someone.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

on Leadership - by Grace Murray Hopper

You manage things;

you lead people.

Grace Murray Hopper

on Leadership - by Baltasar Gracian

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

Baltasar Gracian