Quotes on leadership

The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.    — Harvey S. Firestone
Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.
    — Bernard Baruch
If you have ideas, you have the main asset you need, and there isn't any limit to what you can do with your business and your life. Ideas are any man's greatest asset.    — Harvey S. Firestone
Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.    — Margaret Fuller
Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.
    — Nolan Bushnell
Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority.
    — Tom Hopkins
You have to lead people gently toward what they already know is right.    — Phil Crosby
I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself.
    — Buckminster Fuller
Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.
    — Warren G. Bennis
Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.    — E. Joseph Cossman
The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both.    — Vaclav Havel
Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
    — Jesse Jackson
Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.    — Barbara Sher
Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success.
    — David Joseph Schwartz
My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.    — Duke Ellington
Leaders grasp nettles.    — David Ogilvy
Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves.
    — E. Joseph Cossman
I'm not a natural leader. I'm too intellectual; I'm too abstract; I think too much.
    — Newt Gingrich
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