Famous Quotes

"I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership."

Lee Iacocca on Leadership

More quotes about Leadership

• "If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right."

  Henry Ford on Leadership

• "A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus."

  Martin Luther King, Jr. on Leadership

• "It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership."

  Nelson Mandela on Leadership

• "A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves."

  Lao Tzu on Leadership

• "Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership."

  Colin Powell on Leadership

More quotes by Lee Iacocca

• "In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive."

• "In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive."

• "In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else."

• "I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it."

• "There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the big dog, waiting to see where the dog wants to go so he can take him there."