“Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.”
More from Colin Powell on Leadership
“I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.”
“Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission.”
“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.”
Others on Leadership
John Maxwell
12 quotes“Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.”
Niccolò Machiavelli
10 quotes“It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.”
Simon Sinek
9 quotes“A star wants to see himself rise to the top.A leader wants to see those around him rise to the top.”
Harry Truman
5 quotes“Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.”
Henry Kissinger
5 quotes“It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it.”
Lao Tzu
5 quotes“If you want to govern the people,You must place yourself below them.If you want to lead people,You must learn how to fol...”
Eisenhower
5 quotes“Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.”
Peter F. Drucker
4 quotes“Management is doing things right leadership is doing the right things.”
Charles de Gaulle
4 quotes“The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.”
George Patton
3 quotes“Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads th...”
John D. Rockefeller
3 quotes“Good management consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.”
Norman Schwarzkopf
3 quotes“You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, ther...”