38 Quotes by Robert K. Greenleaf

Who is the enemy? Who is holding back more rapid movement to the better society that is reasonable and possible with available resources?...Evil, stupidity, apathy, the 'system' are not the enemy...The real enemy is fuzzy thinking on the part of good, intelligent, vital people...In short, the enemy is strong natural servants who have the potential to lead but do not lead, or who choose to follow a non-servant.

The work exists for the person as much as the person exists for the work.

The most serious failure of leadership is the failure to foresee

Behind every great achievement is a dreamer of great dreams.

Love without laughter can be grim and oppressive. Laughter without love can be derisive and venomous. Together they make for greatness of spirit.

Ego can’t sleep. It micro-manages. It disempowers. It reduces our capability. It excels in control.

Purpose and laughter are the twins that must not separate. Each is empty without the other.

The quality of a society will be judged by what the least privileged in it achieves.

Even the frankest and bravest of subordinates do not talk with their boss the same way they talk with colleagues.