8,953 Quotes About Leadership

Never say "no" to yourself when you need to ask for something. Make the other guy say "no".

Lack of power is a great excuse for failure, but sufficient power is never a necessary condition of leadership. There is never sufficient power. In fact, it is success in the absence of sufficient power that defines leadership.

Find a way to turn every "minus" into a "plus".

Never Quit! When you take a big hit, get back up. It's a lot easier to go down than to crawl back up when your morale is down. Just do it! You can control your will to win!

if there's doubt in your mind, there's no doubt at all.

Praise in public, punish in private.

At times, life will hit you and teach you lessons you have no desire to learn. When the "hits" and setbacks come, a leader simply picks himself up and keeps moving forward.

If given a choice between taking over a good outfit or a bad outfit, I'll choose the bad outfit every time. They'll have nowhere to go but up.

He must remain calm and cool - No fear. He must ignore the dust, the noise, the smoke, the explosions, the screams of the wounded, the yells, or the dead lying around him - that is all normal. He must never give off any hint or evidence that he is uncertain about a positive outcome, even in the desperate situations.