Eric Jacobson

15 Quotes For Leaders From Phelps, Truman, Cosby, Drucker And Others

In General Leadership Skills, Leadership, Leadership Education, Leadership Quotes, Leadership Skills, Leadership Training, Management on August 4, 2012 at 11:40 am

Some of my favorite quotes for leaders are:

  • A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit — Arnold H. Glasgow
  • I praise loudly, I blame softly — Catherine II of Russia
  • Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress — Mohandas Gandhi
  • A long dispute means that both parties are wrong — Voltaire
  • The least questioned assumptions are often the most questionable — Paul Broca
  • The best way to predict the future is to invent it — Alan Kay
  • Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm — Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty — Winston Churchill
  • I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody — Bill Cosby
  • The greatest accomplishment is not in never failing, but in rising again after you fall — Vince Lombardi
  • The one thing that’s common to all successful people:  They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don’t like to do — Michael Phelps
  • The leader of the past was a person who knew how to tell. The leader of the future will be a person who knows how to ask – Peter Drucker
  • It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit –Harry S. Truman
  • No man becomes rich unless he enriches others — Andrew Carnegie
  • Perception, visibility, and influence will help you stand out from the gifted group of stars that surrounds you –  Joel A. Garfinkle

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