Leadership is based on a spiritual quality -- the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow.

Vince Lombardi, football coach

 

It is fine to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.

Elbert Hubbard, publisher

 

A leader is most successful when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, his troops will feel they did it themselves.

Lao-tzu, philosopher

 

I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to grab an oar and row with them.

Harold Geneen, former chief executive, ITT Corp.

 

We did not want to run a hire-and-fire operation, but rather a company built on a loyal and dedicated work force.

Bill Hewlett, co-founder, Hewlett-Packard Co.

 

The very exercise of leadership fosters a capacity for it.

Cyril falls, historian

 

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.

Walter Lippmann, journalist

 

Leadership is action, not position.

Donald McGannon, broadcasting executive

 

The more you establish parameters and encourage people to take initiatives within those boundaries, the more you multiply your own effectiveness.

Robert Hass, executive

 

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

Martin Luther King jr., civil rights leader

 

Leadership involves remembering past mistakes, an analysis of today's achievements and a well-grounded imagination in visualizing the problem of the future.

Stanley Allyn, executive

 

Get the best advice you can, listen carefully to many different views, make your decision and implement it with care...and keep testing your judgment to see if you need to  see if you need to make adjustments.

President Reagan

 

A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.

U.S. Army Gen. John J. Pershing

 

Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest.

Mark Twain, author