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

“Management is doing things right. Leadership is doing the right things.”
-Peter Drucker

“One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.”
-Arnold H. Glasgow

“Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
-James Baldwin

“If you want to know why your people are not performing well, step up to the mirror and take a peek.”
-Ken Blanchard

“The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality, the last is to say ‘Thank you.’ In between the two, the leader must become a servant.”
-Max De Pree

“They don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”
-Theodore Roosevelt

“The greatest management principle in the world is: ‘the things that get rewarded and appreciated get done.’”
-Michael LeBoeuf

“Excellence is…Caring more than others think is wise;
Risking more than others think is safe;
Dreaming more than others think is practical.
Expecting more than others think is possible.”
-Winston Churchill

“You get the best efforts from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within.”
-Bob Nelson

“Quality is never an accident: It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution. It represents the wise choice of many alternatives.”
-William A. Foster

“Values are critical guides for making decisions. When in doubt, they cut through the fog like a beacon in the night.”
-Robert Townsend

“A leader’s job is to look into the future and see the organization not as it is, but as it should be.”
-Jack Welch

“Giving people a little more than they expect is a good way to get back a lot more than you’d expect.”
-Robert Half

“The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.”
-Zig Ziglar

“To lead the people, walk behind them.”
-Lao Tzu