Insightful Quotes for Leading Others

 

“The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing."
~Anon.


 

“Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning.”
~Warren Bennis

“Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die, but long after we are gone be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistence.”
~Daniel Hudson Burnham



"Recognition is the greatest motivator."
~Gerald C. Eakedale

“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”
~Dwight D. Eisenhower


 

"You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself."
~Harry Firestone

“To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another."
~Benjamin Jowett


 

“The difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says, 'Go!' - a leader says, 'Let's go.”
~E. M. Kelly, Growing Disciples, 1995


 

“To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less."
~André Malraux, Man’s Hope

“The ultimate leader is one who is willing to develop people to the point that they eventually surpass him or her in knowledge and ability."
~Fred A. Manske, Jr.


 

“As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we've been given.”
~Mary Lou Retton

"He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.”
~Lao Tzu, The Tao Te Ching

“A good listener tries to understand thoroughly what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but before he disagrees, he wants to know exactly what it is he is disagreeing with."
~Kenneth A. Wells, Guide to Good Leadership

“Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven."
~Yiddish Proverb