A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
Ralph Nader
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
Winston Churchill
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
John C. Maxwell
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
Stephen Covey
People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.
Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.
Lao Tzu
On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
Will Rogers
Leadership is influence.
Positional leaders ignore the fact that every person has hopes, dreams, desires, and goals of his own. And leaders must bring their vision and the aspirations of the people they lead together in a way that benefits everyone.
Be the chief but never the lord.
Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
Billy Graham
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
Leonardo da Vinci
Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.
Thomas Jefferson
Be the change that you wish to see in the world.
Mahatma Gandhi
No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings.
Peter Drucker
Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race; we kept them free; we kept the faith.
Ronald Reagan
Well done is better than well said.
Benjamin Franklin
Leadership is a choice, not a position.
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.
