Michael Jordan Quotes

Having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use it.

Being a world leader is less about destiny than focused determination, and it is there that we have faltered.

I do have the strength. Leadership, leadership is not about attacking people and disparaging people. Leadership is about creating a serious strategy to deal with the threat of our time.

The ONLY thing leaders have in common is the shared decision to lead.

Poor leaders push us towards the goal. Great leaders guide us through the journey.

You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. It might help if we ran the MBAs out of Washington.

Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead.

Leadership does take work. And it should. If you aspire to be a leader, you ought to treat leadership as a craft, you ought to become a student of it, and you ought to work at it. And if you're not willing to work at it, well, you get what you give.

I would assert that highly effective leaders are made more than they're born. Every leader I know who's been highly effective has worked hard at it, and they've been students of it. The more you're a student of leadership, the more you figure out what works for you and the more effective you're going to be.

Many in positions of authority lack the capabilities to truly lead. They are not credible. They do not command genuine respect. They are not committed to serve. They are not continually learning and growing. They are not wise.

I have found that leadership is leadership is leadership. It applies whether you are in government or in corporate life or in non-profit life.

There is a big difference between being a leader and actually leading.

I think being able to have follow-through, I think a lot of people who are in charge, that is the one quality that you can't forsake. You can get opinions, but you can't have too many cooks in the kitchen when you're envisioning something.

We live in a world that is crying out for better leadership.

Great leadership is not attained by pursuing greatness but by persevering through great tests.

There are some among the so-called elite who are overbearing and arrogant. I want to foster leaders, not elitists.

The real test of leadership isn't where you start out. It's where you end up.

A good leader needs to know how to follow.

You can never lead unless you follow.

Leadership is one of the most observed and least understood phenomena on earth.

It is no easy task to lead men. But it is easy enough to drive them.

Leadership is different from management, but not for the reasons most people think.

Leaders, whether in the family, in business, in government, or in education, must not allow themselves to mistake intentions for accomplishments .

Everyone says there's a lack of leadership in the world these days. I think we should all be thankful, because the only reason for leadership is to convince people to do things that are either dangerous (like invading another country) or stupid (working extra hard without extra pay).

The shortest distance to leadership is service.