A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third most important secret is patience.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.

Management is doing things right leadership is doing the right things.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

The very exercise of leadership fosters capacity for it.

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.

It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it.

Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.