Leadership Quotes

"I learned that true leadership means lifting others up."

"The public be damned."

"I can employ men, but I cannot buy allegiance."

"I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts."

"The best investment is in people and their potential."

"The man who cannot make decisions will not succeed in business."

"The greatest power a man can have is the power to influence others."

"The greatest satisfaction is knowing you have helped others succeed."

"The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee, and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun."

"I have found that the best way to gain respect is to give it freely."

"I have learned that true success is achieved through helping others succeed."

"I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts."

"The ability to make decisions is key to all leadership."

"The fundamental idea of my holdings is to prove the superiority of our ways."

"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it."

"Leadership is found in standing alone for principle."

"Leaders must envision what others cannot."

"I like a man who has the ability to take things in hand and make something of them."

"The ability to judge character is the most essential skill in business."

"The great financier sees opportunities where others see only obstacles."

"The greatest power in business is knowing when to say no."

"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do."

"The question 'who ought to be boss' is like asking 'who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?' Obviously, the man who can sing tenor."

"An organization is only as good as its weakest link in its management chain."

"A business is successful because of the leadership on top, not because of the people on the bottom."

"The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership."

"We are not here for our own sakes, but for the sake of the nation."

"The key to power is understanding people better than they understand themselves."

"Never ask a man to do something you would not do yourself."

"The world respects power, but it follows integrity."