Quotes about Leadership

And that's what true leaders do. They unfold the lives of others and help them reach their God-given potential.

Schwab says that he was paid this salary largely because of his ability to deal with people.

He never raised his voice, even in the midst of volatile situations.

These investigations revealed that even in such technical lines as engineering, about 15 per cent of one's financial success is due to one's technical knowledge and about 85 per cent is due to skill in human engineering — to personality and the ability to lead people.

Giving away credit is a magical multiplier

There is no limit to what a man can do, or where he can go, if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.

Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly.

Carnegie wanted to praise his assistants even on his tombstone. He wrote an epitaph for himself which read: "Here lies one who knew how to get around him men who were cleverer than himself.

later confirmed by additional studies made at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. These investigations revealed that even in such technical lines as engineering, about 15 per cent of one's financial success is due to one's technical knowledge and about 85 per cent is due to skill in human engineering — to personality and the ability to lead people.

Here lies one who knew how to get around him men who were cleverer than himself.

To manipulate, drive or manage people is not the same thing as to lead them.

Our destiny is to join a tremendously creative team effort, under unimaginably splendid leadership, on an inconceivably vast plane of activity, with ever more comprehensive cycles of productivity and enjoyment.