Memorable Quotes About Leadership

1. "The most valuable "currency" of any organization is the initiative and creativity of its members. Every leader has the solemn moral responsibility to develop these to the maximum in all his people. This is the leader's highest priority," ~ W. Edwards Deming in Principle Centered Leadership. 2. A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless, ~ Charles deGaulle 3. Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together. ~ Jesse Jackson 4. "People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care," ~ John C. Maxwell 5. Leadership is not magnetic personality—that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not "making friends and influencing people"—that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's vision to higher sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations, ~ Peter F. Drucker, 6. "Few people are successful unless other people want them to be." ~ Charlie Brown, 7. "Not to decide is to decide." - Harry Coy, 8. "It's kind of fun to do the impossible." - Walt Disney, 9. "There is a better way to do it . . . find it." - Thomas Edison, 10. "Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier." - Colin Powell, 11. “One can’t believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 12. "Schools need leaders who focus on advancing student and staff learning live with paradox. They must have a sense of urgency about improving their schools, balanced by the patience to sustain them for the long haul. They must focus on the future, but remain grounded in today. They must see the big picture, while maintaining a close focus on details. They must be strong leaders who give away power to others." Richard DuFour, and 13. “The ultimate measure of a man (or woman) is not where he (she) stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he (she) stands at times of challenge and controversy.” — Martin Luther King Jr.