Witty Wednesday

20 funny (yet strangely motivational) quotations on leadership

Quotations on leadership have always been popular for people in the business world, particularly with managers and people at Director and CEO level. These types of quotes can be inspirational, insightful, motivational, moving and make you think. And if a few of them make you laugh out loud and have a little bit of a chuckle in the process then that is even better!

We have handpicked twenty of our favourite funny leadership quotes, ranging throughout time and history and from a varied group of individuals: world leaders, comedians and even the anonymous. They vary from the weirdly unusual to those that are just downright amusing.

We hope that you enjoy them...

The list

1. "Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head." - Euripides
2. "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." - Douglas Adams
3. "The question, 'Who ought to be boss?', is like asking, 'Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?' Obviously, the man who can sing tenor." - Henry Ford
4. "I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep." - Talleyrand
5. "You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long." - Boris Yeltsin
6. "To lead the people, walk behind them." - Lao Tzu
7. "It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse." - Adlai Stevenson
8. "It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
9. "A real leader faces the music, even when he doesn't like the tune." - Anonymous
10. "Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men - the other 999 follow women." - Groucho Marx
11. "When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that person is crazy." - Dave Barry
12. "If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you. If you really make them think, they'll hate you." - Don Marquis
13. "The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go with it." - Elaine Agather
14. "Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it." - Henry Mintzberg
15. "You do not lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership." - Dwight Eisenhower
16. "A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd." - Max Lucado
17. "Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't!" - Margaret Thatcher
18. "A leader has to appear consistent. That doesn't mean he has to be consistent." - James Callahan
19. "Life is like a dogsled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes." - Lewis Grizzard
20. "Lead, follow or get out of the way!" - Anonymous

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