How A Leader Leads

Insomnia is my greatest inspiration. - Jon Stewart

The good and the wise lead quiet lives. - Euripides

As is our confidence, so is our capacity. - William Hazlitt

Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. - George Patton

Guitar players never listen to lead singers. - Steven Tyler

Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs. - Stephen Covey

Confidence is the thing you had before you knew better. - Unknown

Sometimes the wrong choices lead us to the right places. - Unknown

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. - John Ruskin

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level. - Peter F Drucker

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. - Warren G Bennis

You can lead a boy to college but you cannot make him think. - Elbert Hubbard

I have nothing but confidence in you. And very little of that. - Groucho Marx

What'd ya think, you were gonna pull the wolf over my eyes? - Archie Bunker

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. - Confucius

What good is money if it can't inspire terror in your fellow man? - Homer Simpson

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. - Thomas Edison

The President is going to lead us out of this recovery. It will happen. - Dan Quayle

When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into matrimony. - George Farquhar

Amateurs wait for inspiration. The rest of us just get up and go to work. - Chuck Close

To err is human. To blame it on somebody else shows management potential. - Unknown

Don't focus on regrets; find your inspiration in what you can do now. - Catherine Pulsifer

Integrity, the choice between what's convenient and what's right. - Tony Dungy

There are many kinds of joy, but they all lead to one: the joy to be loved. - Michael Ende

An Englishman teaching an American about food is like the blind leading the one-eyed. - A.J. Liebling

There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living. - David Starr Jordan

Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Don't look back, you can never look back. - Don Henley

The one quality that can be developed by studious reflection and practice is the leadership of men. - Dwight D Eisenhower

What we value shapes our character and will ultimately define how we lead, or whether we can lead at all. - Unknown

Like the old adverb, "you can lead a gift horse to the water but ya can't look in his mouth." - Archie Bunker

Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised. - Christian Nevell Bovee

When lying and omission become part of your character, you lose integrity and the trust you once had from others. - Theodore W Fedorchak

Whoever is providing leadership needs to be as fresh and thoughtful and reflective as possible to make the very best fight. - Faye Wattleton

There's a limit to how many times you can read how great you are and what an inspiration you are, but I'm not there yet. - Randy Pausch

Expect to make some mistakes when you try new and different approaches. Sometimes colossal failures lead to spectacular successes. - Harvey Mackay

Unless a man has considerable skill and reliance in his weapon, he will not remain cool in the presence of dangerous game close by. - Townsend Whelen

Wolves directly affect the entire ecosystem, not just moose populations, their main prey, because less moose equals more tree growth. - Rolf Peterson

The greatness of a man is not how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively. - Bob Marley

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace. - Andre Gide

Integrity will take a leader farther than any other quality. If you would travel far and do much as a leader, never compromise your integrity. - John C Maxwell