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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
George S. Patton1885–1945Often credited to Thomas Paine
The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
Henry Kissinger1923–2023
Being a leader is like being a lady, if you have to go around telling people you are one, you aren’t.
Margaret Thatcher1925–2013
Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.
Colin Powell1937–2021
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
Napoleon1769–1821
You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969
A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969
- Risk
A leader is a dealer in hope.
Napoleon1769–1821In His Own Words (1916)
- Hope
Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.
Colin Powell1937–2021
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
John F. Kennedy1917–1963Remarks Prepared for Delivery at the Trade Mart in Dallas
The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionable integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969
The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That’s the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead.
George S. Patton1885–1945
- Decisions
- Fear
I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969
Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
Jesse Jackson1941–2026