The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.

The very exercise of leadership fosters capacity for it.

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked leadership is defined by results not attributes.

Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.

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

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.