Lead, follow, or get out of the way…
- A good leader can’t get too far ahead of his followers. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
- A great leader never sets himself above his followers except in carrying responsibilities. ~ Jules Ormont
- A leader is a person you will follow to a place you wouldn’t go by yourself. ~
- Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail. ~ Author Unknown
- Every leader needs to look back once in a while to make sure he has followers. Source Unknown Effective leaders are known by the questions they ask rather than the statements they make. ~ Author Unknown
- Every man has his own destiny; the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him. ~ Henry Miller
- Know which is your path and follow it wherever it may lead you; do not feel you have to follow in someone else’s footsteps. ~ Gita Bellin
- Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. ~ Louisa May Alcott
- For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead…~ Thomas Jefferson
- God does not require you to follow His leadings on blind trust. Behold the evidence of an invisible intelligence pervading everything, even your own mind and body. ~ Raymond Holliwell
- I must follow the people. Am I not their leader? ~ Benjamin Disraeli
- If you follow the lead of the cockerel, you’ll be led to the poulterer. ~ Lebanese Proverb
- I’m their leader; I’ve got to follow them. ~ Alexandre Ledru-Rollin
- It is good to follow one’s own bent, so long as it leads upward. ~ Andre Gide
- Leader and followers are both following the invisible leader — the common purpose. ~ Mary Parker Follett
- Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders. ~ Tom Peters
- Leaders don’t force people to follow — they invite them on a journey. ~ Charles S. Lauer
- Leadership is not a position. You are not a leader because you have the title of manager. Leadership is something that we earn from followers on a day to day basis. ~ The EMS Manager Newsletter
- Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow. ~ Chinese Proverb
- Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men — the other 999 follow women. ~ Groucho Marx
- Outstanding leaders appeal to the hearts of their followers — not their minds. ~ Author Unknown
- Rarely do the followers exceed the expectations of the leaders. ~ Author Unknown
- The leader seeks to communicate his vision to his followers. He captures their attention with his optimistic intuition of possible solutions to their needs. ~ John Haggai
- To be a leader, you have to make people want to follow you, and nobody wants to follow someone who doesn’t know where he is going. ~ Joe Namath
- To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead. ~ William Hazlitt
- To lead is difficult when you’re a follower of fear. ~ T.A. Sachs
- True leadership must be for the benefit of the followers, not the enrichment of the leaders. ~ Robert Townsend
- When the leadership is right and the time is right, the people can always be counted upon to follow — to the end at all costs. ~ Harold J. Seymour
- Wherever the fates lead us let us follow. ~ Virgil
- Wherever the head goes, the tail will follow. ~ Filipino Proverb
- You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too. ~ Sam Rayburn
- If you follow only one rule, let it be this one: Be yourself. The really strong boy-girl relationships are based on what people really are, not on what they pretend to be. ~ Author Unknown
- If you follow your bliss, doors will open for you that wouldn’t have opened for anyone else. ~ Joseph Campbell
- Follow your interests, get the best available education and training, set your sights high, be persistent, be flexible, keep your options open, accept help when offered, and be prepared to help others. ~ Mildred Spiewak Dresselhaus
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