He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.
Aristotle

No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him.
Auden, Wystan Hugh

The first task of a leader is to keep hope alive.
Batten, Joe

Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard
Bennis, Warren G

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.
Blanchard, Kenneth

At least from my reading of the history, he pretty much said what he thought, did what he thought was right, and led. He was courageous in his leadership.
Bush, President George W

In his determination to do the right thing and not the easy thing, I see the spirit of Churchill in Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Bush, President George W

Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates. The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud and vain; By this the fool commands the wise The noble with the base complies. The sot assumes the rule of wit, And cowards make the base submit.
Butler, Samuel

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.
Carnegie, Andrew

A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go but ought to be.
Carter, Rosalyn Smith

If you cry 'Forward!' you must without fail make plain in what direction to go. Don't you see that if, without doing so, you call out the word to both a monk and a revolutionary, they will go in directions precisely opposite?
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich

You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader.
D'Angelo, Anthony J

Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance
De Gaulle, General Charles-André-Joseph-Marie

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.
Eisenhower, President Dwight David

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it
Eisenhower, President Dwight David

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.
Eisenhower, President Dwight David

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done
Eisenhower, President Dwight David

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
Eisenhower, President Dwight David

Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want
Feinstein, Dianne

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.
Galbraith, John Kenneth

I suppose that leadership at one time meant muscle but today it means getting along with people.
Gandhi, Indira

The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity.
Gandhi, Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.
Geneen, Harold S

There are no office hours for leaders.
Gibbons, James Cardinal

Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the Leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.
Goering, Hermann