900 Inspiring Qualities Of A Good Leader Quotes (2023)

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

2. “Leading people is the most challenging and, therefore, the most gratifying undertaking of all human endeavors.” —Jocko Willink, American author, podcaster, and retired United States Navy Officer

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

4. “Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.” –Stephen Covey

5. “Two of the most significant things aspiring leaders can do are find self-love and discover truths about what makes your journey fascinating.”

6. “In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.” – Harry S. Truman

7. “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” - Abraham Lincoln

8. “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

9. “The outward expression of empathy is courtesy.” Stewart Butterfield

10. “The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the

11. “I never saw myself as an individual who had

12. Strong people don’t put others down, they lift them up — Michael P Watson

13. “Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do.” Jessica Jackley

14. “No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.” —Andrew Carnegie

15. “A boss has the title, a leader has the people.” - Simon Sinek

16. “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” – Bill Gates, Co-Founder, Microsoft

17. “A competent leader can get efficient service from poor

18. “Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.” - Jack Welch

19. “Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily, even if you had no title or position.” –Brian Tracy

20. “Leadership distilled down to 3 words: Make a difference.”- Robin Sharma

21. “Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.” Pete Hoekstra

22. “Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.” – Gen. Colin Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State

23. “The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.” John Maxwell

24. “Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.” –David Star Jordan

25. “Leadership distilled down to 3 words: Make a difference.” —Robin Sharma, Canadian writer

26. A great leader simplifies things

27. “The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders

28. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” John C. Maxwell

29. “If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulder of giants.”

30. Great leaders grow others

31. “Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.” –Peter F. Drucker

32. “Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in

33. He who has great power should use it lightly. —Seneca

34. “Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.”

35. A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops. —John J Pershing

36. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

37. “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.”

38. “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again,

39. The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground. —Sir Winston Churchill

40. “Conscious leadership is about having an interest in serving those you are leading rather than serving yourself first.”

41. “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” —William Arthur Ward

42. Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise. —Woodrow Wilson

43. “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being.” –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

44. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” —Steve Jobs, chairman of Apple

45. Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership. —Donald Rumsfeld

46. “Education is the mother of leadership.” —Wendell Willkie, lawyer

47. “To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.”

48. “Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.”- John F. Kennedy

49. “The task of the leader is to get their people from where they are to where they have not been.” –Henry Kissinger

50. “People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.” - Thomas Sowell

51. “The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men, the conviction and the will to carry on.”

52. Leaders help you to reach your potential

53. Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts. —Erskine Bowles

54. “In the simplest terms, a leader is one who knows where he wants to go, and gets up and goes.” – John Erskine, author

55. “Outstanding leaders go out of the way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.”

56. “People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.” – President Theodore Roosevelt

57. “Leadership can’t be fabricated. If it is fabricated and rehearsed,

58. “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” – Rosalynn Carter, former first lady of the United States

59. “Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily, even if you had no title or position.” —Brian Tracy, Canadian-American motivational public speaker

60. “No man is good enough to govern another man

61. “A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see and who sees before others see.” – Leroy Eimes, author and leadership expert

62. “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

63. “Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.”

64. The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership. —Harvey Firestone

65. “Leadership is not wielding authority — it’s empowering people” — Becky Brodin

66. “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader. ” – Margaret Fuller

67. “Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.” Albert Schweitzer

68. “If COVID has shown us anything it is the need to be more empathetic leaders”

69. “Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.” - Mother Teresa

70. “Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.”- Dianne Feinstein

71. Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. —Publilius Syrus

72. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”- Eleanor Roosevelt

73. If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. —John Quincy Adams

74. “A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.” – Arnold Glasow

75. Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy. —Norman Schwarzkopf

76. “The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.”

77. “Mastery is great, but even that is not enough. You have to be able to change course without a bead of sweat, or remorse."

78. “Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob.” – Oscar Wilde, writer and poet

79. “To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.” - Friedrich Nietzsche

80. The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. - Martin Luther King Jr.

81. “When eagles are silent, parrots begin to chatter.”

82. You don’t lead by hitting people over the head—that’s assault, not leadership. –Dwight Eisenhower

83. “A leader is best when people barely know he exists; when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: We did it ourselves.” Lao Tzu

84. “The best leaders have a high consideration factor. They really care about their people” Brian Tracy

85. “Lead and inspire people. Don’t try to manage and manipulate people.

86. “Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.”

87. “You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you’re not passionate enough from the start, you’ll never stick it out.” —Steve Jobs, chairman of Apple

88. “A leader operating in enemy territory should always project positivity and optimism.”- Naval Ravikant

89. “Leadership is the capacity and will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.”

90. “Don’t tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.” —George S. Patton Jr.

91. “The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.” - Brandon Sanderson

92. “A manager says “go”, a leader says “let’s go”.” — John Maxwell

93. When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out. —Napoleon Bonaparte

94. “A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” - Lao Tzu

95. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller

96. “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

97. “A good leader takes a little more share of the blame, a little less than his share of credit.” Arnold Glasow

98. “A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.” – Arnold Glasow, humorist and author

99. “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, American businessman and writer

100. “There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.”

101. “Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.”

102. You can’t lead if you don’t love your team

103. “Leaders shouldn’t attach moral significance to their ideas: Do that, and you can’t compromise.” - Peter F. Drucker

104. “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

105. “Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough

106. “Set and maintain high standards. If you have to be hard on people, do it with love and a genuine wish for them to improve. Praise people when they hit the standard. Sam Altman

107. “Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”

108. “When you delegate work to a member of the team, your job is to clearly frame success and describe the objectives.” Steven Sinofsky

109. “You are judged in this world by how well you bring things to an end. A messy or incomplete conclusion can reverberate for years to come.” - Robert Greene

110. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” —Muriel Strode, poet

111. If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader — John Quincy Adams

112. True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well. —Bill Owens

113. “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

114. “He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious."

115. “Successful leaders are truthful about what they do because they know they can never succeed if they take shortcuts by lying to their followers.”

116. “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.”

117. “In order to remain relevant, you must establish yourself as a thought leader in your industry.”- Marc Benioff

118. “A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.” —Joe DiMaggio, former New York Yankees outfielder & Hall of Fame baseball player

119. “The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.” –Ken Blanchard

120. “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.”

121. “Hire character. Train skill.” —Peter Schutz, former president and CEO of Porsche

122. “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you

123. “You take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go.” –Jeanette Rankin

124. “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”

125. No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. —Abraham Lincoln

126. “A leader is a dealer in hope.” - Napoleon Bonaparte

127. “There are no office hours for leaders.” –Cardinal J. Gibbons

128. “A good leader must hate the wrong thing more than they hate the pain of doing the right thing.” —Angela Jiang, product manager

129. “Leadership requires belief in the mission and unyielding perseverance to achieve victory.” - Jocko Willink

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

131. “People ask the difference between the leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives” — Theodore Roosevelt

132. “You only see the light of the sun, not its combustion agony.”

133. “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” –John F. Kennedy

134. Great leaders are also role models in life

135. “A good leader 'serves', mentors, builds and achieves the target as a team.”

136. “The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.” - Tony Blair

137. “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” —Jack Welch, American business executive, chemical engineer, and writer

138. “When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.”

139. A leader is the most important aspect of an organization

140. “Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.” Sam Walton

141. “Earn your leadership every day.” –Michael Jordan

142. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal.” —Ben Carson, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

143. “You can be a leader in your workplace, your neighborhood, or your family, all without having a title.” - Travis Bradberry

144. “I learned that things are never as complicated as we imagine them to be. It is only our arrogance which seeks to find complicated answers to simple problems.”

145. “The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.” Brian Tracy

146. “Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.” - Tom Peters

147. “Good leaders must first become good servants.” – Robert Greenleaf

148. “Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway.” –Eleanor Roosevelt

149. “Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.” –John Zenger

150. “My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.” - Thomas Paine

151. “I THINK ONE OF THE KEYS TO LEADERSHIP IS RECOGNIZING THAT EVERYBODY HAS GIFTS AND TALENTS. A GOOD LEADER WILL LEARN HOW TO HARNESS THOSE GIFTS TOWARD THE SAME GOAL.”

152. There are three essentials to leadership: humility, clarity and courage. —Fuchan Yuan

153. “Always choose the future over the past. What do we do now?” Brain Tracy

154. “All organizations are perfectly designed to get the results they are now getting.

155. “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked;

156. “You are never too small to make a difference.” —Greta Thunberg, environmental activist

157. “What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.”

158. “Earn your leadership every day.” - Michael Jordan

159. A great leader knows you better than you

160. “As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.” —Toni Morrison, author

161. “Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.” —Gen. Colin Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State

162. “If you're competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering.” — Jeff Bezos, Founder, Amazon

163. “Leaders don’t force people to follow – they invite them on a journey.” —Charles S. Lauer, author and businessman

164. “A leader is a dealer in hope.”

165. “Whatever you are, be a good one.” –Abraham Lincoln

166. “Leadership is the capacity to transform vision into reality.” – Warren G. Bennis, founding chairman of the Leadership Institute at the University of Southern California

167. “A leader is a dealer in hope.” —Napoleon Bonaparte, French military leader and emperor

168. “One person with commitment accomplishes more than

169. “To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.”

170. “No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.”

171. “The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in

172. “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” Rosalynn Carter

173. “The price of greatness is responsibility.” –Winston Churchill

174. “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” — Michael Jordan, professional basketball player and Owner, Charlotte Hornets

175. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” John Quincy Adams

176. “The greatest leaders build organizations that in the end, don’t need them.”

177. A leader is a molder of consensus.

178. “The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.” —Faye Wattleton, American reproductive rights activist

179. “A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.” —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, German poet, playwright, and novelist

180. “You are never too small to make a difference.” — Greta Thunberg, environmental activist

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

182. “When people talk, listen completely.”

183. “You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.”

184. “Leadership is the ability to get extraordinary achievement from ordinary people.” Brian Tracy

185. “Leadership is a choice, not a position.”

186. “You don't need a title to be a leader.” - Mark Sanborn

187. “Leadership is the capacity to transform vision into reality.” Warren G. Bennis

188. “I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?”

189. “Doing what is right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what is right.” - Lyndon B Johnson

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

191. “Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character.

192. “In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of

193. “I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.”

194. “Sometimes leadership is planting trees under

195. Managing and Communicating Change During a Commercial Move

196. “Leadership is a series of behaviors rather than a role for heroes.” - Margaret Wheatley

197. “People respond well to those that are sure of what they want.” —Anna Wintour, Editor-in-Chief of Vogue

198. The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. —Kenneth Blanchard

199. “If you really want to grow as an entrepreneur, you’ve got to learn to delegate.” Richard Branson

200. “Leaders don't inflict pain, they share pain.”

201. “When people talk, listen completely.” –Ernest Hemingway

202. “The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.” –John Buchan

203. “Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.” W. Clement Stone

204. “Make people feel like the hero of their journey and they will do more.”- Maxime Lagacé

205. “What you do has far greater impact than what you say.” — Stephen Covey, author, businessman and speaker

206. “A successful leadership can steer the vehicle of social and economic systems into a success machine.”

207. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” –John Maxwell

208. “Leadership grows like tall trees. It needs both toughness and flexibility - toughness for accountability - flexibility to adapt changes with a compassionate & caring heart for self and others.”

209. “Success in today's competitive marketplace favors leaders who are transparent and forward thinking, those who promote and celebrate diversity, and individuals who maintain a commitment to inclusion.”

210. “Leadership is about helping other people to be better.”

211. If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing. —Benjamin Franklin

212. A great leader must be a great learner

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

214. “If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done."

215. “It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.”

216. “The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.”

217. A leader lead from the heart

218. “Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like

219. “Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.” –Harold Geneen

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

221. It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. —Latin Proverb

222. “If you do every job like you’re going to do it for the rest of your life, that’s when you get noticed.” - Mary Barra

223. “A year from now you will wish you had started today.” —Karen Lamb, author

224. “I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.” –Mahatma Gandhi

225. “Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership

226. “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.”

227. “A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.” Brian Tracy

228. “Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness

229. “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

230. “True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that

231. “Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it … Look for people who will aim for the remarkable, who will not settle for the routine.” David Ogilvy

232. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

233. “The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men

234. “Leaders walk a fine line between self-confidence and humility.” —Stanley McChrystal, retired United States Army General

235. “Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.” Brian Tracy

236. “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” —Warren Buffett, investor

237. Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall. —Stephen Covey

238. “Do not wait; the time will never be “just right.” Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.” Napoleon Hill

239. “Leadership is the ability to guide others without force into a direction or decision that leaves them still feeling empowered and accomplished.” —Lisa Cash Hanson, author and entrepreneur

240. “A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs.” –Robert Townsend

241. “If you think you are leading and turn around to see no one following, then you are just taking a walk.” – Benjamin Hooks, former director of the NAACP

242. “Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” — Jim Rohn, American entrepreneur

243. “You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” – Mark Twain

244. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” John D. Rockefeller

245. A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus — Martin Luther King Jr.

246. “He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.” — Aristotle, Greek philosopher

247. I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn't. —Dee Dee Myers

248. “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” - John F. Kennedy

249. “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.” — Mother Teresa, Catholic Church Saint of Calcutta

250. “Leaders never use the word failure. They look upon setbacks as learning experiences.” Brian Tracy

251. “Earn your leadership every day.” – Michael Jordan, former NBA basketball player

252. “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” –Eleanor Roosevelt

253. “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” –Dwight D. Eisenhower

254. “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”

255. “No one is going to make you a leader. Take the reins, create your own opportunity, and build the career that you deserve.” Devin Bramhall

256. As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others. —Bill Gates

257. “Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem

258. “A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.”

259. “Leadership should be focused on extending the ladder of opportunity for everyone.” - Justin Trudeau

260. “Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flow charts. It is about one life influencing another.” John C. Maxwell

261. “He that thinketh he leadeth and hath no one following him is only taking a walk.”

262. “We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.” Peter Drucker

263. “Leadership is an action, not a position.” –Donald McGannon

264. “Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and

265. “For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.” - Arnold Schwarzenegger

266. “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.” - Mother Teresa

267. “The growth and development of people is the

268. Anyone, anywhere can make a positive difference. - Mark Sanborn

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

270. “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

271. “People who take a long view of their lives and careers always seem to make much better decisions about their time and activities than people who give very little thought to the future.” Brian Tracy

272. I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be. —Warren Bennis

273. “Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need.”

274. One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. —Arnold Glasow

275. “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.”

276. “My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to make them better.”

277. “You manage things; you lead people.”

278. “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” – Jack Welch, former GE chairman and CEO

279. “You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.” –Nancy D. Solomon

280. “Control is not leadership; management is not leadership; leadership is leadership” — Dee Hock

281. “The glue that holds all relationships together–including the relationship between the leader and the led–is trust, and trust is based on integrity.” Brian Tracy

282. “Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.”

283. 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

284. Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day. —Jesse Jackson

285. Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths. —John Zenger

286. Earn your leadership every day. –Michael Jordan

287. “The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.” Oprah Winfrey

288. “You can’t move up in the staircase of leadership unless you are emotionally intelligent.”

289. To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less. —Andre Malraux

290. “Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.” —Dianne Feinstein, Senior United States Senator

291. “If you don’t believe in yourself, why is anyone else going to believe in you.”

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

293. Leader’s vision is one of the most important things

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

295. “To me, leadership is about encouraging people. It’s about stimulating them. It’s about enabling them to achieve what they can achieve – and to do that with a purpose”- Christine Lagarde

296. “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” Jack Welch

297. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together. —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

298. “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” —Kurt Vonnegut

299. “The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.”

300. “A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” —Lao Tzu, philosopher and writer

301. “Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.” –Publilius Syrus

302. A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. —Max Lucado

303. “Find the smartest people you can and surround yourself with them.” - Marissa Meyer

304. “The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.” – Walter Lippmann, writer, reporter and political commentator

305. “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” — William Arthur Ward, American motivational writer.

306. “The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.”

307. “The leader has the mandate to communicate his priorities and at the same time provide an environment to achieve them.”

308. “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.”– President Ronald Reagan

309. “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

310. “My own definition of leadership is this: the capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.” —General Montgomery, British Army Officer

311. “Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut

312. “Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.”

313. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” – President John Quincy Adams

314. Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. —John F. Kennedy

315. Peoples need to lead

316. “To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.” -Friedrich Nietzsche

317. “Earn your leadership every day.” Michael Jordan

318. “The true test of leadership is how well you function in a crisis.” Brian Tracy

319. “I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.”

320. “Leadership is a combination of strategy and character. If you must be without one, be without the strategy.” – U.S. Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf

321. “Whatever you are, be a good one.”

322. “Integrity is the most valuable and respected quality of leadership. Always keep your word.” Brian Tracy

323. “The led must not be compelled. They must be able to choose their own leader.” – Albert Einstein, physicist

324. “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

325. “Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.”- John C. Maxwell

326. “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.”

327. A leader is a dealer in hope. —Napoleon Bonaparte

328. “Leaders are people who believe so passionately that they can seduce other people into sharing their dream.” - Warren Bennis

329. “You manage things; you lead people.” - Grace Hopper

330. “Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.” —Peter F. Drucker, Austrian-American management consultant, educator, and author

331. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”

332. Leader’s courage become the team’s courage

333. “He who has great power should use it lightly.”

334. “A leader is someone who holds her- or himself accountable for finding the potential in people and processes.”

335. “The good leader repeats the good news, keeps the worst to himself.”

336. “It’s okay to admit what you don’t know. It’s okay to ask for help. And it’s more than okay to listen to the people you lead – in fact, it’s essential.” —Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors

337. “If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.” Jim Rohn

338. A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. - Lao Tzu

339. “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”- Warren Buffett

340. “Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” —Barack Obama, former U.S. President

341. “Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions.”

342. “Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion.” - Oprah Winfrey

343. “A leader is a person you will follow to a place you would not go by yourself.” –Joel Barker

344. A boss creates fear, a leader confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader corrects mistakes. A boss knows all, a leader asks questions. — Russel Ewing

345. “Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.”

346. “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”

347. “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.” –Martin Luther King Jr.

348. “Where there is no vision, there is no hope.”

349. “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<

350. “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground”.

351. “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” Benjamin Franklin

352. “Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.” - Colin Powell

353. Leadership is a learning process

354. Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing. —Tom Peters

355. “In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.”

356. “I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through–then follow through.” –Edward Rickenbacker

357. “True leaders understand that leadership is not about them but

358. Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes. —Peter Drucker

359. Leaders are a problem-solvers

360. “A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see.” — Leroy Eimes

361. “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience

362. “To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.” — Pat Riley, former professional basketball head coach

363. “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.”

364. “True leadership lies in guiding others to success–in ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.” –Bill Owens

365. Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations. —Peter Drucker

366. Leadership is influence. —John C. Maxwell

367. “Lead and inspire people. Don’t try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be lead.”

368. “Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.”

369. “Make a difference, change the game for the better, leave a legacy, be a guide that someone else can follow and make better, and then someone else will follow that and make that better.”

370. “Look over your shoulder now and then to be sure someone’s following you.” –Henry Gilmer

371. People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision. —John Maxwell

372. “You don't lead by pointing and telling people someplace to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.” — Ken Kesey, American novelist and essayist

373. “Hence, leadership has to swim in the currents that breed issue after issue to transform the organisation into a care cathedral.”

374. “Mountaintops inspire leaders but valleys mature them.”- Winston Churchill

375. “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 Maxwell, author, speaker, and pastor

376. Leader set the standard

377. “If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally

378. “A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.” - Nelson Mandela

379. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.” –Margaret Mead

380. “Leadership isn't about having all the answers, it's about knowing which questions to ask and inspiring your whole team to reach their full potential.”

381. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. —Max DePree

382. Essentials of Leadership

383. “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” –Rosalynn Carter

384. My responsibility is getting all my players playing for the name on the front of the jersey, not the one on the back. –Unknown

385. “If you want to do a few small things right, do them yourself. If you want to do great things and make a big impact, learn to delegate.” John C. Maxwell

386. “Time will dig my heart deep to drain the shallow streams of grief.”

387. “The key to success is action.” Brian Tracy

388. “Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.” —George Patton, general in the United States Army

389. “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

390. “Leadership comes in small acts as well as bold strokes.”

391. Leader raises a hand when it is needed the most

392. The leader has to be practical and a realist yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist. —Eric Hoffer

393. “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” - William Arthur Ward

394. “The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.”

395. “The three ‘C’s’ of leadership are consideration, caring, and courtesy. Be polite to everyone.” Brian Tracy

396. “A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.” - J.P. Morgan

397. “Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.” — General George Patton, United States Army

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

399. “Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.” - Margaret Thatcher

400. “The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” - Amelia Earhart

401. “The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.”

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

403. “The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.”

404. “The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.”

405. “The price of greatness is responsibility.”

406. We live in a society obsessed with public opinion. But leadership has never been about popularity. —Marco Rubio

407. “You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” - Mahatma Gandhi

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

409. “I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” —Ralph Nader, American political activist, author, lecturer, and attorney

410. Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing. - Tom Peters

411. “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results, not attributes.” — Peter Drucker, Austrian writer and management consultant

412. “To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

413. “Lead me, follow me, or get the hell out of my way.”

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

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

416. No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it. —Andrew Carnegie

417. “One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

418. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” –John D. Rockefeller

419. “Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.” H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

420. “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

421. “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” - Elon Musk

422. “If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.” —Thomas Aquinas, Italian philosopher

423. “He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.” – Aristotle

424. “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” –Edith Wharton

425. “Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.” - Stephen Covey

426. “Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.” Mary Tyler Moore

427. “Victims make excuses. Leaders deliver results.” - Robin Sharma

428. “Leaders don’t force people to follow – they invite them on a journey.” - Charles S. Lauer

429. “Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” — Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher and writer

430. “A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.” - Max Lucado

431. “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” Martin Luther King Jr.

432. “Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.”

433. Never give an order that can't be obeyed. —General Douglas MacArthur

434. Leaders sacrifice too

435. “The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.” – John Buchan, novelist, historian and politician

436. “We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.” —Kofi Annan, Ghanaian diplomat

437. “True leadership stems from individuality that is honestly and sometimes imperfectly expressed… Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.”

438. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” —John Maxwell, author, speaker, and pastor

439. “If you delegate tasks, you create followers. If you delegate authority, you create leaders”.

440. “All leaders are readers.” - Jim Rohn

441. “It doesn’t matter how great your original product or idea is, if you can’t build a great company, then your product will not endure.”- Brian Chesky

442. “You do not lead by hitting people over the head. That’s assault, not leadership.” – President Dwight D. Eisenhower

443. “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right thing.” –Peter F. Drucker

444. “Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.” —E. Joseph Cossman, inventor and businessman

445. Leaders empower other

446. “The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.”

447. “Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.” —Sara Blakely, founder & CEO of Spanx

448. “Rather than focusing just on the "right answer," leadership is created by asking the "right questions.”

449. “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” - Margaret Fuller

450. “If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulder of giants.” —Isaac Newton, English mathematician, physicist, and astronomer

451. “Remember, feedback is meant to address the problem, not the person.”

452. “When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.” —Malala Yousafzai, activist

453. “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” —Stephen R. Covey, American educator

454. “I’m all for ambition and stretch goals. I set them for myself.

455. “The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.” –Carlos Ghosn

456. Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better. —Bill Bradley

457. “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” —William Arthur Ward, writer

458. “A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.”

459. “Power isn’t control at all – power is strength, and giving that strength

460. A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward. —Ovid

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

462. You don’t need a title to be a leader. –Multiple Attributions

463. “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” – William Arthur Ward, author

464. “The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.” - Faye Wattleton

465. “Leadership is an action, not a position.” - Donald McGannon

466. Whatever you are, be a good one. —Abraham Lincoln

467. You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do. —Eleanor Roosevelt

468. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

469. “The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.” – Ken Blanchard

470. “No one can grow if he does not accept his smallness.”- Pope Francis

471. A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position. —John Maxwell

472. He who has learned how to obey will know how to command. —Solon

473. Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out. —Stephen Covey

474. “Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.” - Dalai Lama

475. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way” — John C Maxwell

476. “The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.” – Henry Kissinger, former U.S. Secretary of State

477. “You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.”

478. “Learning is not a one-time event or a periodic luxury. Great leaders in great companies recognize that the ability to constantly learn, innovate, and improve is vital to their success.” Amy Edmondson

479. “Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.” –Diogenes of Sinope

480. “A good leader inspires others with confidence in him; a great leader inspires them with confidence in themselves. ” – Unknown

481. “The organisations are passing through a vale of tears, and for once, it is not entirely the fault of leadership. So where do we go from here?”

482. “You manage things; you lead people.” –Grace Murray Hopper

483. “As more and more artificial intelligence is entering into the world, more and more emotional intelligence must enter into leadership.”

484. You can’t force to lead someone

485. “A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.”

486. “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it” — Dwight D Eisenhower

487. “You either run with lions or walk with sheep.” - Matshona Dhliwayo

488. “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

489. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” —Margaret Mead, anthropologist

490. “If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters.” Harvey Mackay

491. “Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing.” —Mary D. Poole, author

492. Lead from the front in danger

493. Leadership is an action, not a position.” - Donald McGannon

494. “If you’re afraid of failure, you don’t deserve to be successful.” — Charles Barkley, former professional basketball player and current NBA analyst

495. “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” - Plato

496. “Leadership is an action, not a position.” - Donald McGannon

497. “Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.” - Sheryl Sandberg

498. “Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.”

499. A Great leader always boosts your confidence

500. “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.” - Martin Luther King Jr

501. “The price of greatness is responsibility.” — Winston Churchill

502. “To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.”

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

504. “You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.” – Sam Rayburn, former speaker of the House

505. “Live your life in such a way that you'll be remembered for your kindness, compassion, fairness, character, benevolence, and a force for good who had much respect for life, in general.”

506. “Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” - Barack Obama

507. “You can be a leader in your workplace, your neighborhood, or your family, all without having a title.” —Travis Bradberry, author

508. “You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” —Winston Churchill, former British Prime Minister

509. “We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.” —Chuck Swindoll, Christian pastor and radio preacher

510. “Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas?”

511. “Turn your wounds into wisdom.” - Oprah Winfrey

512. “Lead me, follow me, or get the hell out of my way.” - George Patton

513. “In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.”

514. “No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.” Andrew Carnegie

515. “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.” Bill George

516. “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” —Rosalynn Carter, former First Lady, American writer, and activist

517. “Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing.” - Mary D. Poole

518. He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander. —Aristotle

519. “He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.” – Niccolo Machiavelli

520. “The function of leadership is to produce

521. “Leadership is not about gender, race, color etc. it is all about having strong values, a balanced mind, ability to deliver, and an attitude to serve.”

522. “A star wants to see himself rise to the top. A leader wants to see those around him rise to the top.” Simon Sinek

523. Where there is no vision, the people perish. —Proverbs 29:18

524. You manage things; you lead people. —Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper

525. “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."

526. “I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure: which is: Try to please everybody.”

527. “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”

528. “A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them.” –M.D. Arnold

529. “The price of greatness is responsibility.”- Winston Churchill

530. “It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.” - Queen Elizabeth II

531. “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” —Peter F. Drucker, author and educator

532. “Do what you feel in your heart to be right

533. “Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you’re in control, they’re in control.” —Tom Landry, former Dallas Cowboys coach

534. “As a leader, you should always start with where people are before you try to take them where you want them to go.” Jim Rohn

535. “People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.” –John C. Maxwell

536. “Leadership is your ability to hide your panic from others.”

537. Leaders provide a platform

538. Great leaders know their team strength

539. “I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is: Try to please everybody.” —Herbert Swope, American editor and journalist

540. “I don’t want yes-men around me. I want everyone to tell the truth, even if it costs them their jobs.” — Samuel Goldwyn, Polish-American film producer

541. “Lead and inspire people. Don’t try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be led.” Ross Perot

542. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of Apple

543. “Don’t find fault, find a remedy.”

544. “A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.” –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

545. “The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.” —Tony Blair, British politician

546. “To me, a leader is a visionary that energizes others. This definition of leadership has two key dimensions: a) creating the vision of the future, and b) inspiring others to make the vision a reality.”

547. “A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.”

548. “The core of leadership is serving in humility, for humility is the aroma that inspires people to follow and be motivated to make a difference in excellence.”

549. “A MAN WHO WANTS TO LEAD THE ORCHESTRA MUST TURN HIS BACK ON THE CROWD.”

550. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. — General George Patton

551. “Strong leadership means treating others with respect and kindness, and building up everyone around you to be the best version of themselves.” — Monica Eaton, Co-Founder and COO, Chargebacks911

552. “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” – John F. Kennedy

553. “Leadership is not just some empty formulas but establishing deep connection at soul levels through service, integrity, passion, perseverance and equanimity.”

554. Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others. —Jack Welch

555. “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”- Henry Ford

556. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs

557. “We’re here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw

558. “We’re here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.” - Whoopi Goldberg

559. Types of Leadership

560. “To add value to others, one must first value others.” –John Maxwell

561. “Strong teams won’t be told what to do. They work together to figure out what to do.” — Elon Musk, CEO, Tesla

562. “The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.” — Fay Wattleton, reproductive rights activist

563. “Leaders need to deliberately build inclusive cultures where those ideas and talents can flourish.”

564. “The little things matter as much, if not more, than the bigger things.” — Adrian Swinscoe, customer experience consultant

565. 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 Maxwell

566. “The first step out of the gate has to be knowing where you want to end up. What do you really want from your company?”

567. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” - John Quincy Adams

568. “The important thing is this: to be able to give up in any given moment all that we are for what we can become.” –DeSeaux

569. “A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.”

570. “A leader is a dealer in hope.” – Napoleon Bonaparte, military leader

571. “You don’t have to hold a position in order to be a leader.”

572. “I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered

573. “Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist, poet and philosopher

574. “Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.” –Bill Bradley

575. “Effective decision-making can be seen as an optimal link between memory of the past, ground-realities of the present and insights of the future.”

576. “Leadership is an ever-evolving position.” –Mike Krzyzewski

577. “Leadership is about empathy. It is about having the ability to relate to and connect with people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their lives.” Oprah Winfrey

578. I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. —Ralph Nader

579. “An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.”

580. “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” –Warren G. Bennis

581. “Leadership is like third grade: it means repeating the significant things.” - Max De Pree

582. “The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.” —Brandon Sanderson, author

583. “In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”

584. “The only place that success comes before work is in the dictionary.” Vince Lombardi, former NFL head coach and Executive

585. “Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.” - Peter F. Drucker

586. Top Leadership Traits

587. Great leaders produce more leaders

588. “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

589. “Leaders instill in their people a hope for success and a belief in themselves. Positive leaders empower people to accomplish their goals.”

590. “In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.” – President Harry Truman

591. Rule yourself first

592. “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.” – Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft

593. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson

594. Leadership is about being of service to others, not being served by others. Be a mentor, not a boss — unknown.

595. “It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.”

596. “Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.” –Colin Powell

597. “What you do has far greater impact than what you say.”

598. “Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence, and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.” —Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook

599. “Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.” –James Humes

600. “A leader is best when people barely know he exists when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” — Lao Tzu

601. A leader is a team man

602. “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”

603. “Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front.” - Nelson Mandela

604. “The things we fear most in organizations–fluctuations, distubances, imbalances–are the primary sources of creativity.” —Margaret Wheatley

605. “I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist." — Ginni Rometty, Executive Chairman, IBM

606. “Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.” - Bill Bradley

607. “The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.” –Ray Kroc

608. “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” — Jack Welch, former CEO, General Electric

609. Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. —Warren Bennis

610. “The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground.” — Sir Winston Churchill, former Prime Minister, United Kingdom

611. “Strength and wisdom are not opposing values.” - Bill Clinton

612. “Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” Dwight D. Eisenhower

613. “The most effective way to lead is to lead from within.” –(could not help myself) Lolly Daskal

614. “The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.” –Tony Blair

615. “Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

616. “A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.” –Arnold Glasow

617. “The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” –Ralph Nader

618. “Abundance is not about providing everyone on this planet with a life of luxury—rather it’s about providing all with a life of possibility.”- Peter Diamandis

619. “Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”

620. “When you delegate tasks, you create followers. When you delegate authority, you create leaders.” Craig Groeschel

621. “The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority.” - Kenneth H. Blanchard

622. “Leaders set high standards. refuse to tolerate mediocrity or poor performance.” Brian Tracy

623. “Of all the things I’ve done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.”

624. “If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea."

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

626. People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision — John C Maxwell

627. “A good leader must hate the wrong thing more than they hate the pain of doing the right thing.” - Angela Jiang

628. “To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.” —Eleanor Roosevelt, former First Lady

629. “I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist.” —Ginni Rometty, Executive Chairman of IBM

630. “Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you’re in control, they’re in control.”

631. “Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.” - John Naisbitt

632. Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal. —Vince Lombardi

633. Why Your Workplace Needs Quiet Space

634. “You don’t need a title to be a leader.” —Unknown

635. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10000 ways that won’t work.” - Thomas A. Edison

636. “Whatever a politician says is just part of the game of lies. But when a true leader speaks, JAH is felt.”

637. “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” - Warren Bennis

638. “The key responsibility of leadership is to think about the future. No one else can do it for you.” Brian Tracy

639. “There is too much negativity in the world. Do your best to make sure you aren't contributing to it.”

640. “Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others.” - Robert Louis Stevenson

641. Leadership is not a title or position

642. “What you do has far greater impact than what you say.” Stephen Covey

643. “Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.” - Publilius Syrus

644. “Great leaders have three things; inner light, inner vision, and inner strength.”

645. “Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don’t interfere as long as the policy you’ve decided upon is being carried out.” Ronald Reagan

646. “It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.” - Adlai Stevenson

647. “To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.” –Eleanor Roosevelt

648. “People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.” — President Theodore Roosevelt

649. “Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.” - George Patton

650. “Pity the leader caught between unloving critics and uncritical lovers.” - John Gardner

651. Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing. - Peter F. Drucker

652. The goal of an effective leader is to recondition your team, to be solution focused and not problem focused. — Unknown

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

654. “A worthy leader has the desire to serve, not to dominate.”

655. “There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.” —Charles F. Kettering

656. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

657. “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others”- Bill Gates

658. “Be the start of something that is good, revolutionary and powerful. Everything after that is a bonus!”

659. “self-leadership entails sharpening the leadership skills that you originally possess and the leader in you emerges forth to accomplish what is required of you more efficiently.

660. “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.” –Bill Gates

661. A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. —Lao Tzu

662. “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” —Warren Buffett, investor

663. “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” - Henry Adams

664. “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.”

665. “All leaders are readers.” —Jim Rohn, American entrepreneur

666. If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities. —Maya Angelou

667. “Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”

668. “In any area of life, the one thing that inspires fearless devotion in followers is devotion from the leader.”

669. “As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.” - Toni Morrison

670. I must follow the people. Am I not their leader? —Benjamin Disraeli

671. “The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.” Bob Marley

672. “Customers do not come first. Employees come first. If you take care of your employees, they’ll take care of your customers.” — Richard Branson, English business magnate and Founder, Virgin Group

673. “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

674. “If there is no wind, row.” – Latin Proverb

675. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” —John Quincy Adams, former U.S. President

676. “True leadership stems from individuality that is honestly and sometimes imperfectly expressed… Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.” —Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook

677. “If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.” —Dolly Parton, musician

678. “Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.” –John C. Maxwell

679. To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way. —Pat Riley

680. A Great leader knows the importance of a team game

681. “A leader is a dealer in hope.” —Napoleon Bonaparte, French military and political leader

682. “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” - Helen Keller

683. “Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.” - Peter F. Drucker

684. “A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.”

685. “When people talk, listen completely.” — Ernest Hemingway, American author

686. “One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.” Arnold Glasow

687. Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems. —Brian Tracy

688. “Leaders are innovative, entrepreneurial, and future-oriented. They focus on getting the job done.” Brian Tracy

689. “A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.” Jim Rohn

690. “The goal is to turn data into information, and information into insight.” – Carly Fiorina, former Executive, President, and Chair, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise

691. “In looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don’t have the first, the other two will kill you.” Warren Buffet

692. “If you cannot allow people to do their jobs … nobody with substance and creativity will work for you.”

693. “To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

694. “To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.” – Edward Murrow

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

696. “Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.”

697. “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” Abraham Lincoln

698. “If you’re not sure where you are going, you’re liable to end up someplace else.” –Robert F. Mager

699. “The effective leader recognizes that they are more dependent on their people than they are on them. Walk softly.” Brian Tracy

700. The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow. - Seth Godin

701. “It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.” - Confucius

702. “See the good in people and help them.” — Mahatma Gandhi

703. “A leader is best when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” –Lao Tzu

704. “Leadership is an action, not a position.” —Donald McGannon, broadcasting executive

705. “Respect is the key determinant of high-performance leadership. how much people respect you determines how well they perform.” Brian Tracy

706. “Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.”

707. “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.” Bill Gates

708. “A lack of realism in the vision today costs credibility tomorrow.”

709. “Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.”

710. “If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulder of giants.” - Isaac Newton

711. Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. —General George Patton

712. “Leadership is not something that is done to people, like fixing your teeth. Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.” Bill Bradley

713. “A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see.” –Leroy Eimes

714. “If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.” - Dolly Parton

715. “Leaders think and talk about the solutions.

716. “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes."

717. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou

718. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” - Theodore Roosevelt

719. “Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.” - E. Joseph Cossman

720. “Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down.”

721. “Good leaders organize and align people around what the team needs to do. Great leaders motivate and inspire people with why they’re doing it.” Marillyn Hewson

722. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” –Harold R. McAlindon

723. “Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.” –Robert Louis Stevenson

724. “Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.” John C. Maxwell

725. “As a leader, it’s a major responsibility on your shoulders to practice the behavior you want others to follow.”

726. “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” - Jack Welch

727. “Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.” - Thomas Jefferson

728. “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go but ought to be.” - Rosalynn Carter

729. A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be. —Rosalynn Carter

730. The supreme quality of leadership is integrity. –Dwight Eisenhower

731. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou, American poet and civil rights activist

732. “The best way to leapfrog in your career is to get advice from someone who’s done what you’re trying to accomplish. It helps clear all the doubt.”

733. “Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” —Lao Tzu, philosopher and writer

734. Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” - Steve Jobs

735. “In essence, leadership is the sense of calling to a higher purpose.”

736. “A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see.” - Leroy Eimes

737. “There is a troublesome humor some men have, that if they may not lead, they will not follow; but had rather a thing were never done, than not done their own way, tho’ other ways very desirable.”

738. “The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority.”

739. “The things we fear most in organizations–fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances–are the primary sources of creativity.”

740. “The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.” –Dwight D. Eisenhower

741. “Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.” –Dianne Feinstein

742. “Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are

743. “You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.” – Nancy D. Solomon

744. “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.” —Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights activist

745. “Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple and it is also that difficult.” - Warren Bennis

746. “Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success;

747. “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”- Leo Tolstoy

748. “Leaders don’t inflict pain, they share pain.” –Max Depree

749. “Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.” – Gen. Colin Powell

750. “There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.”

751. “If you knew how much work went into it, you wouldn’t call it genius.” - Michelangelo

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753. “If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings — and put compensation as a carrier behind it — you almost don’t have to manage them.” Jack Welch

754. “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” —Margaret Fuller, American journalist and editor

755. “Life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent of how I react to it.”

756. “I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.” —Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Independence Movement leader

757. “Management is doing things right. Leadership is doing the right things.”- Peter F. Drucker

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759. My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence. —General Montgomery

760. “The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.”

761. “The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.” Ken Blanchard

762. “Repeat business or behavior can be bribed. Loyalty has to be earned.” — Janet Robinson, former CEO, New York Times Company

763. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

764. Strong People lift others

765. “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results, not attributes.” –Peter F. Drucker

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

767. “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

768. “Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.” – John Maxwell

769. “The way to achieve your own success is to be willing to help somebody else get it first.” —Iyanla Vanzant, American inspirational speaker, author, and lawyer

770. “The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision."

771. To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult. —Friedrich Nietzsche

772. “Be willing to be uncomfortable. Be comfortable being uncomfortable. It may get tough, but it’s a small price to pay for living a dream.”- Peter McWilliams

773. “You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results."

774. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”

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

776. “‘Never look back’ is my philosophy.”- Helen Clark

777. A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men. —Stephen King

778. Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about others. - Jack Welch

779. “The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.” –Harvey S. Firestone

780. “Leading people is like cooking. Don’t stir too much. It annoys the

781. “Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.” General Colin Powell

782. Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand. —General Colin Powell

783. “My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.” - Steve Jobs

784. “Leadership is a series of behaviors rather than a role for heroes.” —Margaret Wheatley, writer, teacher, and speaker

785. “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” –Margaret Fuller

786. “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”–Abraham Lincoln

787. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way.” – John C. Maxwell

788. “Generosity can only measure the depth of love.”

789. “I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than

790. “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus, but a molder of consensus.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

791. “Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts.”

792. “Do what is right, not what is easy.” - Unknown

793. “Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat him as he could be, and he will become what he should be.” — Jimmy Johnson, former professional football coach and analyst

794. “To lead people, walk behind them.” - Lao Tzu

795. “Being a leader is making the people you love hate you a little more each day.” - Patrick Ness

796. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” - Steve Jobs

797. “You are blessed, You are great. You are not alone. You are powerful.”

798. “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, former U.S. President

799. “The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” -Ralph Nader

800. In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. —Thomas Jefferson

801. “You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”

802. “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

803. “Leadership is something you earn, something you’re chosen for. You can’t come in yelling, ‘I’m your leader!’ If it happens, it’s because the other guys respect you.”

804. “Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.”- Coco Chanel

805. “The test of leadership is, is anything or anyone better because of you?” —Mark Sanborn, author, professional speaker, and entrepreneur

806. Education is the mother of leadership. —Wendell Willkie

807. “To achieve something meaningful, you need to know where you are heading and be willing to train hard to get there.” - Arianna Huffington

808. “If you really want the key to success, start by doing the opposite of what everyone else is doing.” - Brad Szollose

809. “A man can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he

810. “Practice Golden Rule Management in everything you do. Manage others the way you would like to be managed.” Brian Tracy

811. “In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” - Eric Hoffer

812. “Be willing to make decisions. That’s the most important quality in a good leader.”

813. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”- Thomas Edison

814. “Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.” Bill Bradley

815. “You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” William Falkner

816. “The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.” —Warren Bennis, American scholar, organizational consultant, and author

817. “A leader’s job is not to do the work for others, it’s to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done, and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.”

818. “Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective

819. “One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.” –Arnold Glasow

820. “You don’t lead by pointing and telling people some place to go.

821. “Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people.

822. “When your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt.” — Henry J. Kaiser, American Industrialist

823. “You will not succeed until bruised by failures.”

824. If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader. - John Quincy Adams

825. “Knowing what must be done does away with fear.”

826. “More leaders have been made by accident, circumstance, sheer grit, or will than have been made by all the leadership courses put together.” - Warren Bennis

827. “Those who let things happen usually lose to those who make things happen.” –Dave Weinbaum

828. “A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.” – Max Lucado

829. “I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is: Try to please everybody.” –Herbert Swope

830. “Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flow charts. It is about one life influencing another.” — John C. Maxwell, American author, speaker, and pastor

831. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” - Steve Jobs

832. “The Accountability Advantage – Play Your Best Game”

833. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” –Steve Jobs

834. “If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.”

835. “It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially

836. “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.” —Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary

837. “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” William Arthur Ward.

838. “He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.”

839. “A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them.” M.D. Arnold

840. “Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.” – Gen. George S. Patton

841. “Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the only thing.”

842. “You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow too” — Sam Rayburn

843. “Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.” Vince Lombardi

844. “Greatness is consistency driven by a deep love of the work.”- Maria Popova

845. “It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.”

846. “Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.”

847. “I think that my leadership style is to get people to

848. “Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not. Oprah Winfrey

849. “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

850. “A true spirit of love lies in the power of giving.”

851. “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, entrepreneur and author

852. “People respond well to those that are sure of what they want.”

853. “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”

854. “The best leaders know that they are standing on the shoulders of others who have come before them.”

855. “People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.”

856. “A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.” – Joe DiMaggio

857. What you do has far greater impact than what you say. —Stephen Covey

858. “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” –Jack Welch

859. “Successful leaders see the opportunities in every difficulty rather than the difficulty in every opportunity.” Reed Markham

860. “It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.” —Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State

861. “You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.” Carl Jung

862. “Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flow charts. It is about one life influencing another.” - John C. Maxwell

863. “Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.” Stephen Covey

864. “Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.” - Pete Hoekstra

865. “Education is the most powerful weapon, which you can use to change the world.”

866. “Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”

867. “The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say “I”. They don’t think “I.” They think “we”; they think “team.” – Peter Drucker

868. Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish. —Sam Walton

869. “Earn your leadership every day.”

870. “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” John F. Kennedy

871. “No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself,

872. “Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders.” Tom Peters

873. “The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.” —Padmasree Warrior, CEO & founder of Fable

874. “Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.” — Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook and Founder, Lean In.org

875. “Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it’s not. It takes patience, it takes commitment and it comes with plenty of failure along the way.” - Barack Obama

876. Lead and inspire people. Don’t try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be led. —Ross Perot

877. “Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.” –Vince Lombardi

878. “Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.” —Margaret Thatcher

879. “As we look ahead into the next century,

880. “Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.” James Freeman Clark

881. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” —Thomas A. Edison, American inventor

882. The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men, the conviction and the will to carry on. —Walter Lippman

883. “You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.” —Sam Rayburn

884. “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” Warren Bennis

885. I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is: Try to please everybody. —Herbert Swope

886. “As a leader, it’s a major responsibility on your shoulders to practice the behavior you want others to follow.” —Himanshu Bhatia, CEO of Chesterfield

887. “Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.” George Patton

888. “Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.” –Pete Hoekstra

889. “He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly."

890. “You can’t teach leadership, but it can be learned.” – Lloyd J. Edwards Jr.

891. “SUCCESS ISN’T ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY YOU MAKE; IT’S ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE YOU MAKE IN PEOPLE’S LIVES.”

892. Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them. —John C. Maxwell

893. “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.”

894. “The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground.”

895. Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position. —Brian Tracy

896. “If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.” —Maya Angelou, civil rights activist and poet

897. “I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.”

898. “Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.” –Brian Tracy

899. “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes

900. “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” – President Abraham Lincoln