Leadership

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men [and women] to do what he [or she] wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

The leader is one who mobilizes others toward a goal shared by leaders and followers...leaders, followers and goals make up the three equally necessary supports for leadership.
Gary Wills

Education is the mother of leadership.
Wendell Willkie

Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too.

Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and greatest condition of successful leadership.
Woodrow Wilson

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance.
J. Donald Walters

Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

Men [and women] make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
Harry S. Truman

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.