Andre Maurois Quotes

The coin of the realm of leadership is trust and confidence.

Basically, to lead without a title is to derive your power within the organisation not from your position but from your competence, effectiveness, relationships, excellence, innovation and ethics.

To be honest, the fact that people trust you gives you a lot of power over people. Having another person's trust is more powerful than all other management techniques put together.

To be vested with enormous authority is a fine thing; but to have the on-looking world consent to it is a finer.

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

Leadership is about vision and responsibility, not power. And I try to model that in all of my interactions.

Real leadership is calm. Real leadership is steady in moments of crisis. It is not hysterical. It is not exploitive. It is not dishonest.

But ultimately, at the end of the day, people want leaders who they respect and who they believe in and who can get things done.

There is no good leader. First of all, if you think you are a leader, you are just messed up in your head. People should think you are a leader. If you think you are a big success, again, you are messed up. Other people should think you are a success.

Leadership is not a popularity contest; it's about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title.

A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.

The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with himself.

We have got to stop worrying about being loved and start worrying about being respected. And that's exactly how I'll lead our country.

Power is dangerous unless you have humility.

Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness.

It always impresses me when a person of small stature has command.

In politics, as in business, leadership is crucial.

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.

Overall, the challenge of leadership is both moral and one of developing the characteristics that make us respected by one another.

To be a leader, you have to make people want to follow you, and nobody wants to follow someone who doesn't know where he is going.

Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.

Never apologize, mister. It's a sign of weakness.

Leadership is something you earn, something you're chosen for. You can't come in yelling, 'I'm your leader!' If it happens, it's because the other guys respect you.

The President is the ultimate role model.