Just because you are a leader does not mean it has to be all work and no play. Sure you need to have all the qualities that are expected of you, but you can still infuse a little humor in your daily life. How? Well, for starters you can use some funny quotes about leadership mentioned in this Buzzle article. Paste them on walls, write one on the notice board everyday, update your Facebook status with it. Use them as you like them. You'll feel good about being a leader because it will take all the tension away from your mind, at least temporarily.
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
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. - Carl Sagan
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
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
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
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
These quotes are sure to 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.