Manager Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old manager quotes, manager sayings, and manager proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Effective management always means asking the right question. Robbert Heller
To lead people, walk behind them. Lao Tsu
Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work. Seth Godin
A leader is a dealer in hope. Napoleon Bonaparte
The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. Kenneth Blanchard
Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts. Erskine Bowles
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. John F. Kennedy
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. John F. Kennedy
There are three essentials to leadership: humility, clarity and courage. Fuchan Yuan
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you Margaret Thatcher
Earn your leadership every day Michael Jordan
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader John Q. Adams
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others Bill Gates
Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day Jesse Jackson
Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing. Tom Peters
A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men. Stephen King
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise. Woodrow Wilson
A leader takes people where they would never go on their own. Hans Finze
Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people. John D. Rockefeller
Real leaders are ordinary people with extraordinary determinations John Seaman Garns
A leader's job is to look into the future and see the organization, not as it is, but as it should be Jack Welch
Leadership is intentional influence Michael McKinney
Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want. Dianne Feinstein
Managers...give orders, not ownership. Leaders, on the other hand, ask themselves, "How do I get this person to do what I want them to do and make sure they feel good about doing it? Kristen Hadeed
The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why. Warren Bennis
A manager is a guide. He takes a group of people and says, 'With you I can make us a success; I can show you the way. Arsene Wenger
Management is doing things right; Leadership is doing the right things. Peter Drucker
"The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things." Ronald Reagan
Managers light a fire under people; leaders light a fire in people. Kathy Austin