Leadership Quotes

"When one treats people with benevolence, justice, and righteousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be happy to serve their leaders." "Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right." "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." "People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives." "The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it." "The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people." "Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones." "Our chief usefulness to humanity rests on our combining power with high purpose. Power undirected by high purpose spells calamity, and high purpose by itself is utterly useless if the power to put it into effect is lacking." "We need the iron qualities that go with true manhood. We need the positive virtues of resolution, of courage, of indomitable will, of power to do without shrinking the rough work that must always be done." "The path to the CEO's office should not be through the CFO's office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design." "He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still." "A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves." "The ladder of success is never crowded at the top." "Whatever happens, take responsibility." "Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers."