Funny Leadership Quotes

Leadership is about getting work done. Leadership is about being prepared to bear the brunt of any negative feedback and consequences that may arise out of work that your team has performed. It is about putting your team before you. Making sure that you pay attention to the needs and requirements of the team. It involves ensuring that whatever work is assigned is properly divided and that it gets done within the time allotted. But that does not mean that just because you are a leader, it's all work and no play.

Given here are some funny leadership quotes that will brighten up your morning and make you look forward to finding humor in the smallest of things around you.
What luck for rulers that men do not think. ~ Adolf Hitler

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

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

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

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results. ~ George S Patton

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't! ~ Margaret Thatcher

It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse. ~ Adlai Stevenson

Here are some other very famous leadership quotes that have a pinch of humor in them. The people whom these quotes have been attributed to have been some of the best leaders and famous personalities. They are testimony to the fact that being a leader can have its elements of fun too.

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it. ~ Theodore Roosevelt

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

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

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

You do not lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership. ~ Dwight Eisenhower

If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you. If you really make them think, they'll hate you. ~ Don Marquis

What Washington needs is adult supervision. ~ Barack Obama

There go my people. I must find out where they are going so I can lead them. ~ Alexandre Ledru-Rollin


How can movie dialog writers be left behind in the quest for funny quotes. Here are a couple of leadership quotes that appeared in movies. Enjoy them and use them whenever you want.

First rule of leadership: everything is your fault. ~ A Bug's Life

How do you know my dimwitted inexperience isn't really a subtle form of manipulation used to lower people's expectations, thereby enhancing my ability to maneuver myself within any given situation? ~ Scream

You can also take a look at this article on leadership quotes for some more leadership quotes. They'll inspire and encourage you to be an even better leader that you already are. Use them to cheer yourself and others around you. It will have a positive impact on everyone and the day will go on smoothly.