Leadership

Leadership Quotes

"Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others" - Winston Churchill.
I cannot become what I am to be; until you become what you are to be."  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
"In the course of history, there comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral ground. A time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other. That time is now." — Wangari Maathai
"Control is not leadership; management is not leadership; leadership is leadership. If you seek to lead, invest at least 50% of your time in leading yourself—your own purpose, ethics, principles, motivation, conduct. Invest at least 20% leading those with authority over you and 15% leading your peers." — Dee Hock Founder and CEO Emeritus, Visa
"Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others may receive your orders without being humiliated."— Dag Hammarskjöld
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” - John F Kennedy
“Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob” - Oscar Wilde
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." - Martin Luther King
”There is no passion to be found in playing small – in settling for a life that is less than what you are capable of living” - Nelson Mandela
If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results. - General Patton
"Being a leader is like being a lady, if you have to go around telling people you are one, you aren't." - Margaret Thatcher
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. - John Quincy Adams
If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. - Isaac Newton
"As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others." - Bill Gates
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. - Peter F Drucker
Do not wait for leaders. Do it alone, person to person. - Mother Teresa

Leadership Books

In Search of Leadership: How Great Leaders Answer the Question "Why Lead" - Phil Harkins
Moments of Greatness: Entering the Fundamental State of Leadership - Robert Quinn
Theory `I' The Inner Dimension of Leadership - Nader Angha
Why Should Anyone be Led by You? - Rob Goffee & Gareth Jones
The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable - Patrick M Lencioni
What Do Leaders Really Do?: Getting Under the Skin of What Makes a Great Leader Tick - Jeff Grout & Liz Fisher
Wooden on Leadership - John Wooden & Steve Jamison