Leadership Quotes

151 inspire records in this category

“If you can't swallow your pride, you can't lead. Even the highest mountain had animals that step on it. ”

Jack Weatherford  

“Too many companies believe people are interchangeable. Truly gifted people never are. They have unique talents. Such people cannot be forced into roles they are not suited for, nor should they be. Effective leaders allow great people to do the work they were born to do. ”

Warren Bennis  

“Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work. ”

Seth Godin  

“Real leaders are ordinary people with extraordinary determinations. ”

John Seaman Garns  

“Successful leaders see the opportunities in every difficulty rather than the difficulty in every opportunity ”

Reed Markham  

“The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow. ”

Seth Godin  

“Contrary to popular opinion, leadership is not a reserved position for a particular group of people who were elected or appointed, ordained or enthroned. Leadership is self-made, self-retained, self-inculcated and then exposed through a faithful, sincere and exemplary life. ”

Israelmore Avivor  

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world. ”

Mahatma Gandhi  

“The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have. ”

Padmasree Warrior  

“Leadership is not a person or a position. It is a complex moral relationship between people based on trust, obligation, commitment, emotion, and a shared vision of the good. ”

Joanne Ciulla  

“If you’re not making some notable mistakes along the way, you’re certainly not taking enough business and career chances. ”

Sallie Krawcheck  

“You don’t lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case. ”

Ken Kesey  

“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. ”

Henry David Thoreau  

“I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people. ”

John Hume  

“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  

“Leadership should be focused on extending the ladder of opportunity for everyone. ”

Justin Trudeau  

“A leader should have higher grit and tenacity, and be able to endure what the employees can’t. ”

Jack Ma  

“A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit. ”

John C. Maxwell  

“Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them. ”

Diogenes  

“Leaders walk a fine line between self-confidence and humility. ”

Stanley McChrystal  

“Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. ”

Max De Pree  

“Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar. ”

Orrin Woodward  

“Leadership is not just about giving energy… it’s unleashing other people’s energy. ”

Paul Polman  

“I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. ”

Ralph Nader