Eric Greitens Quotes

Leadership is influence.

Leadership is absolutely about inspiring action, but it is also about guarding against mis-action.

Leaders set a very clear path every day, in a thousand different ways, of what the people must attend to, inhibit, and keep it current in front of them.

Leadership—not salesmanship

Management is different from leadership..

If one has no compass, when one doesn't know where one stands and where one wants to go, one can deduce that one has no leadership or interest in shaping events.

Leadership is more than just managing economic reforms. Leadership means giving broad direction, take up challenges which other people cannot do.

There are many ways to be a leader.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.

Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.

I've always been a leader. Every team I've played on, I've led my way.

Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

If I'm a leader, I have a mission.

A leader is the one who can outline the broad vision and the direction, and say here's where we are going to go, here's why we need to go there, and here's how we are going to get there. A manager is the one who actually gets up under the hood and tunes the carburetor.

The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.

Leadership matters most, and optimism and unity comes from the leader.

If you are going to lead people, you have to know where they are going.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

I've put a lot of thought into being a leader.

Leadership means setting a moral tone.

I think you need to be a leader, not a captain. You may have seen a lot of captains in this country, but the most important thing is to be a leader.

Trying to be a leader, you've got to be really sure of what you're doing and you've got to guide people the right way.

Leaders must lead.

Quarterbacks are the leaders of the team, and I want to try to get guys going. That's a job of a leader. That's a job of a quarterback.