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Leadership Quotes

Leadership Quotes

Last updated: September 23, 2024

17 Leadership Quotes organized by Most Popular

“For the very people who think themselves called upon to be leaders are frequently the least qualified to be so.”
— Max Weber, The Vocation Lectures: “Science as a Vocation" & "Politics as a Vocation"(Hackett Classics)
Tagged: Leadership
“Brevity is the soul of command.”
— Xenophon, Xenophon's Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War
Tagged: strategy, Leadership
“A great communicator has faith that there's a reserve of goodwill in most relationships, even if it's temporarily absent.”
— Phil Stutz, The Tools: 5 Tools to Help You Find Courage, Creativity, and Willpower--and Inspire You to Live Life in Forward Motion
Tagged: strategy, Leadership
“Leadership is not a position or a title. It is example and action.”
— Paulo Coelho, via twitter.com
Tagged: Leadership, definition of leadership
“Leadership is not a journey to rise in the ranks. Leadership is a journey to help those around us rise.”
— Simon Sinek, via twitter.com
Tagged: Leadership, definition of leadership
“Leadership implies a strong faith or belief in something.”
— Walt Disney, Quotable Walt Disney
Tagged: Leadership, Faith, Conviction
“Franklin Roosevelt still surrounded himself with a lot of strong women. I think that they in many ways helped give him the strength that he needed to get us through the Depression and get us through World War II.”
— Larry Flynt, Publisher Larry Flynt | Interviews | Tavis Smiley | PBS
Tagged: Strong Females, Presidents, FDR, Franklin Roosevelt, Leadership
“A leader must be inspired by the people before a leader can inspire the people.”
— Simon Sinek
Tagged: leader, Leadership, inspiration
“To change the world, you must be different than the world. To lead, you must go first. You must divert from the common path, you must navigate unmapped terrain.”
— Brianna Wiest, I Am The Hero Of My Own Life
Tagged: Change, Leadership, Going Your Own Way, Think Different
“Let us all be the leaders we wish we had.”
— Simon Sinek, Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't
Tagged: leader, Leadership, Innovation, Taking Action
“Allow me to pause and emphasize this general rule: Success always calls for greater generosity—though most people, lost in the darkness of their own egos, treat it as an occasion for greater greed.”
— Xenophon, Cyrus the Great
Tagged: strategy, Leadership
“The suffering of the leader is lightened by his glory. As much as possible, you must let others share in your glory so they don't lost heart.”
— Xenophon, Xenophon's Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War
Tagged: strategy, Leadership
“It is the responsibility of good leaders to make sure that words remain attached to the meanings and ideals they represent.”
— Ed Catmull, Creativity, Inc
Tagged: Action, Leadership, Meaning, Theory and Practice
“Leaders create the conditions where people choose new actions. The choices are voluntary. They’re made by people who see a new landscape, new opportunities and new options. You can’t make people change. But you can create an environment where they choose to.”
— Seth Godin, Leadership
Tagged: Leadership, leading
“One thing I’ve learned as a coach is that you can’t force your will on people. If you want them to act differently, you need to inspire them to change themselves.”
— Phil Jackson, Hugh Delehanty, Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success
Tagged: Coaching, Mentoring, Leadership
“If we be good we will do great.
If we do good we will be great.”
— Simon Sinek
Tagged: Greatness, Do Good, Success, Leadership, qualities
“There are leaders and there are those who lead.
Leaders hold a position of power or influence.
Those who lead inspire us.

Whether individuals or organizations, we follow those
who lead not because we have to, but because we want to.
We follow those who lead not for them, but for ourselves.”
— Simon Sinek, Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
Tagged: Leadership, qualities, leader, inspire, follow, influence