Best Funny Leadership Quotes

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

You don’t lead by hitting people over the head – that’s assault, not leadership.

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

What Washington needs is adult supervision.

If you think you are leading and turn around to see no one following, then you are just taking a walk.

The only real training for leadership is leadership.

There go my people. I must find out where they are going so I can lead them.

The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses.

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead – and find no one there.

It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it… anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

Remember the difference between a boss and a leader. A boss says, Go! A leader says, Let’s go!

Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men — the other 999 follow women.

A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.

The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.

The question who ought to be boss is like who ought to be the tenor in the quartet? Obviously, the man who can sing tunor.

I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure – which is: Try to please everybody.

If you ain’t the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.

Leadership is your ability to hide your panic from others.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can put off forever.