LEAD, FOLLOW OR GET OUT OF THE WAY

 
WHILE THIS QUOTE HAS BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS PAINE, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE IN ANY OF HIS WORKS THAT HE EVER SAID THIS.  GEORGE PATTON DURING WWII, TED TURNER IN 1981, AND LEE IACCOCO ALL USED THESE SENTIMENTS. NO ONE FOR SURE KNOWS  WHO WAS THE AUTHOR. My guess it was Patton.....

  TED TURNER        THOMAS PAINE             LEE IACOCCO
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26 top leadership quotes


  1. The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground. —Sir Winston Churchill
  2. In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. —Thomas Jefferson (see comment below regarding the authenticity of this quote)
  3. Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations. —Peter Drucker
  4. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. —Max DePree
  5. Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. —Publilius Syrus
  6. He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander. —Aristotle
  7. No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it. —Andrew Carnegie
  8. A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent. —Douglas MacArthur
  9. Leaders aren’t born; they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal. —Vince Lombardi
  10. If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. —John Quincy Adams
  11. No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent. —Abraham Lincoln
  12. We live in a society obsessed with public opinion. But leadership has never been about popularity. —Marco Rubio
  13. Whatever you are, be a good one. —Abraham Lincoln
  14. To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way. —Pat Riley
  15. Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. —Warren Bennis
  16. The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. —Theodore Roosevelt
  17. Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems. —Brian Tracy
  18. Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. —General George Patton
  19. A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. —Max Lucado
  20. I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is: Try to please everybody. —Herbert Swope
  21. You manage things; you lead people. —Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper
  22. Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy. —Norman Schwarzkopf
  23. Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. —John F. Kennedy
  24. The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership. —Harvey Firestone
  25. Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish. —Sam Walton
  26. "So, if you can learn something new everyday, don’t forget what you learned yesterday, then you are moving ahead".- TOM TERLIZZI