Top 49 Art Of Leadership Quotes
#1. The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.
Tony Blair
#2. Strategy was first used in Athens (508 BC) to describe the art of leadership used by the ten generals on the war council. Some argue for the more creative, human side, while others argue for the more analytic side of strategy.
Max McKeown
#3. A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
#4. That's the art of leadership. To make sure that what shouldn't happen, doesn't happen.
Tony Blair
#5. Not that leaders need to be overly "nice"; the emotional art of leadership includes pressing the reality of work demands without unduly upsetting people.
Daniel Goleman
#6. The art of leadership ... consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will split up that attention ... The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belong to one category.
Adolf Hitler
#7. Leadership is the art of creating a working climate that inspires others to achieve extraordinary goals and levels of performance.
John Michael Montgomery
#8. The true cost of following your dreams isn't what you sacrifice when you chase them, it's what you lose when you don't
Simon S. Tam
#9. Decisiveness is the number one quality of a dynamic leader; his ability to communicate a decision with passion and integrity is an art form.
Farshad Asl
#10. Amongst many qualities of a true leader, he is a successful manager who has mastered the art of people management.
Rehan Waris
#11. The art side of leadership involves orchestrating another performer's science to produce the desired result.
Orrin Woodward
#13. By giving the leadership to the private sector in a capitalistic society, we're going to measure the value of art by how many products we can sell.
Robert Wilson
#14. Broadly put, philosophers think: politicians maneuver. Jefferson's genius was that he was both and could do both, often simultaneously. Such is the art of power.
Jon Meacham
#15. Even in a hostile press conference with hostile questions there was drama, and he could benefit from the drama and the hostility. He mastered the greatest art of television, appearing to be spontaneous without in fact being spontaneous.
David Halberstam
#16. Practice the art of what, where, when.
Iman Refaat
#17. Notice I did not say what people can do
what we can do is merely a consequence of what we can be.
Max DePree
#18. The only ones who will be exalted into a position of leadership are those who have mastered the art of following.
Karen M. Curry
#20. The art of oratory was considered part of the equipment of a statesman.
Barbara W. Tuchman
#21. Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
Colin Powell
#22. I have the right temperament. I have the right leadership. I've built an incredible company. I went to a great school. I came out - I built an incredible company. I wrote the number one selling business book of all time: 'Trump: The Art of the Deal.'
Donald Trump
#23. Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done.
Vance Packard
#24. The challenge therefore, as you strive for success, is to make it a habit to live your life on purpose. You must learn to make deliberate plans and then practice the art and science of doing things on purpose.
Archibald Marwizi
#26. Leadership is not about forcing your will on others. It's about mastering the art of letting go.
Phil Jackson
#27. One of the reasons you can't learn everything you need to know about leadership from a seminar or a book is that leadership is, ultimately, an art.
Mark Rutland
#28. Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.
Seth Godin
#29. For thousands of years art was seen as a source of responsible moral and ethical leadership. Today, taking that stance is almost seen as comic.
Jack Beal
#30. The end product of the successful preacher's input is transformation.
Christian Michael
#31. On the other hand, the waging of peace as a science, as an art, is in its infancy. But we can trace its growth, its steady progress, and the time will come when there will be particular individuals designated to assume responsibility for and leadership of this movement.
Fredrik Bajer
#32. The art of effective leadership is about navigating the dynamics of growth and success ... holding a vision and leading a team, but arriving at the same time.
Steve Maraboli
#33. From her character in the HBO miniseries: The art of politics is the art of applying the seat of the britches to the seat of the chair.
Abigail Adams
#34. Agile project leaders help their team balance at the edge of chaos - some structure, but not too much; adequate documentation, but not too much; some up-front architecture work, but not too much. Finding these balance points is the "art" of agile leadership.
Jim Highsmith
#35. Leaders can change the tenor of the workplace and create harmony in motion toward a favorable result. So every time you say to your team, "Let's rock and roll," make sure you have already set up the stage to where they can actually perform like rock stars.
Thomas Huynh
#36. Leadership is the art of mobilizing others to want to struggle for shared aspirations.
Steve Farber
#37. Leadership is the art of intentional living.
Farshad Asl
#38. Leadership is the art of invoking wisdom and right action out of the people needed to accomplish the goal.
Sandy Smith
#39. The "Art of Possible" can only be achieved through visionary IT leadership, as well as the art and science of modern IT management.
Pearl Zhu
#40. Leadership is the art of serving God by helping His people become more like His Son through the indefatigable pursuit of His vision and values.
George Barna
#41. Leadership is the art of influencing people to execute your strategic thinking
Nabil Khalil Basma
#42. The art of communication is the language of leadership.
James Humes
#43. Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do.
Max De Pree
#44. Creativity cannot be really regulated, but it can be encouraged. The redevelopment or revitalization of a city is an art. It depends on the individual strengths of a place and the will of the leadership to bring about change. The goal is to establish a cultural infrastructure.
Charles Landry
#45. Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
John Ortberg
#46. The art of leading, in operations large or small, is the art of dealing with humanity, of working diligently on behalf of men, of being sympathetic with them, but equally, of insisting that they make a square facing toward their own problems.
Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall
#47. Management is clearly different from leadership. Leadership is primarily a high-powered, right-brain activity. It's more of an art it's based on a philosophy. You have to ask the ultimate questions of life when you're dealing with personal leadership issues.
Stephen Covey
#48. The art of diplomacy is finding a reasonable route among imperfect alternatives.
Robert Dallek
#49. Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
