Leadership Slogans

Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. (Vince Lombardi)

Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. (Vince Lombardi)

 

A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit. (John Maxwell)

A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit. (John Maxwell

 

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Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand. (Colin Powell)

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand. (Colin Powell)

 

A leader takes people where they would never go on their own. (Hans Finzel)

A leader takes people where they would never go on their own. (Hans Finzel)

 

A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them. (M.D. Arnold)

A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them. (M.D. Arnold)

 

Don’t blow off another’s candle for it won’t make yours shine brighter. (Jaachynma N.E. Agu)

Don’t blow off another’s candle for it won’t make yours shine brighter. (Jaachynma N.E. Agu)

 

No guts, no story. (Chris Brady)

No guts, no story. (Chris Brady)

 

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. (Rosalynn Carter)

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. (Rosalynn Carter)

 

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. (Albert Schweitzer)

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. (Albert Schweitzer)

 

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. (Robert Louis Stevenson)

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. (Robert Louis Stevenson)

 

 

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. (Eleanor Roosevelt)

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. (Eleanor Roosevelt)

 

Never give an order that can’t be obeyed. (General Douglas MacArthur)

Never give an order that can’t be obeyed. (General Douglas MacArthur)

 

What you do has far greater impact than what you say. (Stephen Covey)

What you do has far greater impact than what you say. (Stephen Covey)

 

The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership. (Harvey Firestone)

The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership. (Harvey Firestone)

 

Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems. (Brian Tracy)

Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems. (Brian Tracy)

 

A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward. (Ovid)

A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward. (Ovid)

 

When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out. (Napoleon Bonaparte)

When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out. (Napoleon Bonaparte)

 

I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. (Ralph Nader)

I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. (Ralph Nader)

 

Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position. (Brian Tracy)

Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position. (Brian Tracy)

 

He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander. (Aristotle)

He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander. (Aristotle)