Management and Leadership Quotes

Our Top 10 Management and Leadership Quotes

Management and leadership quotes can be used to inspire, educate and motivate others. Here are 10 management and leadership quotes to help you take charge of your day:
1. Leadership is influence.
-John C. Maxwell

2. A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.
-Polybius

3. Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
-General George Patton

4. Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.
-John C. Maxwell

5. Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
-Stephen Covey

6. Leadership – leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses.  
-Mitt Romney

7. Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
-Peter Drucker

8. “What’s measured improves”
-Peter F. Drucker

9. “No great manager or leader ever fell from heaven, its learned not inherited.” 
-Tom Northup

10. “A CEO’s performance is as good as the performance of his middle managers”
-Med Jones

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