Leadership Quotes

"History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid" "Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it" "Better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life." "Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way" "The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy" "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader" "Life is like a dogsled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes" "Seek first to understand, then to be understood." "Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall." "I don't create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done." "You have to be extreme to be exceptional" "Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed." "True leadership is when you are willing to risk your power and voice so that all of ours can be heard" "What I'll take credit for is finding visionary people in the company, or bringing them in, and then empowering them to help me" "Maybe we shouldn't be too dependent on politicians trying to make us believe that we are safe only because of their actions" "In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination" "Everyone has an idea. But it's really about executing the idea and attracting other people to help you work on the idea" "The most important ingredient for the success of any company is the quality of its people, starting with its leadership team" "This may sound trite, but I believe it to be true: Entrepreneurship is the fabric of what America is all about" "CEOs are hired for their intellect and business expertise - and fired for a lack of emotional intelligence."