Without leadership….

Without leadership, command is a hollow experience, a vacuum often filled with mistrust and arrogance..

— Eric Shinseki

Criticism….

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.

– Winston S Churchill

A good leader….

A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them.

–  M D Arnold

Leadership….

Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down.

– Grace Murray Hopper

Nine-tenths….

Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals.

– T E Lawrence

My observation….

My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty … it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.

– Abraham Lincoln

It is

It is absolutely necessary… for me to have persons who can think for me, as well as execute orders.

– George Washington

A man who…

A man who tells you to follow him will turn his followers into his company, while a true leader who does not tell you to follow him, will sit in the company of his followers.

– Suzy Kassem

More leaders….

More leaders have been made by accident, circumstance, sheer grit, or will than have been made by all the leadership courses put together.

– Warren G Bennis

You have…

You have got to do the right thing even if it is painful. Don’t trim or track all over the place. Set your course and take the difficult decisions – because that is what needs to be done.

– Margaret Thatcher