George S. Patton – We herd sheep …
We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
~ George S. Patton
Leadership
Arthur W. Newcomb – Show me the leader …
Show me the leader and I will know his men. Show me the men and I will know their leader.
~ Arthur W. Newcomb
Wayne Lukas – The speed of the leader …
The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.
~ Wayne Lukas
Harold S. Geneen – Leadership is practiced …
Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.
~ Harold S. Geneen
Robert Townsend – A good leader needs …
A good leader needs to have a compass in his head and a bar of steel in his heart.
~ Robert Townsend
Max de Pree – The first responsibility of a leader …
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
~ Max de Pree
Sam Rayburn – You cannot be a leader …
You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.
~ Sam Rayburn
Arnold H. Glasgow – One of the tests of leadership
One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.
~ Arnold H. Glasgow
Harlan Cleveland – Leaders are problem solvers …
Leaders are problem solvers by talent and temperament, and by choice.
~ Harlan Cleveland
Henry Kissinger – Leaders must invoke …
Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.
~ Henry Kissinger
Dwight Eisenhower – Leadership is the art …
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
~ Dwight Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower – Pull the string …
Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
