Leadership Quotes

"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way."

- John C. Maxwell

"Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge."

- Simon Sinek

"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

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."

- Steve Jobs

"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other."

- John F. Kennedy

"A good leader takes a little more than their share of the blame and a little less than their share of the credit."

- Arnold H. Glasow

"The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers."

- Ralph Nader

"A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others."

- Douglas MacArthur

"Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality."

- Warren Bennis

"Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others."

- John C. Maxwell

"The best way to predict the future is to create it."

- Peter Drucker

"Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another."

- John C. Maxwell

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

- Tony Blair

"Do what you feel in your heart to be right–for you’ll be criticized anyway."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better."

- Bill Bradley

"To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants and associates smarter than they are."

- John C. Maxwell

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

- Jack Welch

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

- Nelson Mandela

"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

"The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision."

- Theodore Hesburgh

"The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not a bully."

- Jim Rohn

"Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence."

- Sheryl Sandberg

"He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander."

- Aristotle

"The sign of a good leader is not how many followers you have, but how many leaders you create."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"The most powerful leadership tool you have is your own personal example."

- John Wooden

"A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position."

- John C. Maxwell

"In leadership, the challenge is to learn fast and keep your promises."

- Colin Powell

"Leadership is not about being the best. Leadership is about making everyone else better."

- Unknown

"Leadership means forming a team and working toward common objectives that bring people together."

- John C. Maxwell

"Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions."

- Harold S. Geneen

"Great leaders don’t set out to be a leader. They set out to make a difference."

- Jeremy Bravo

"Leadership is not a position or a title, it is action and example."

- Donald McGannon

"Be the leader you wish you had."

- Simon Sinek

"A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader; a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

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

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

"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

"True leaders understand that leadership is not about them but about those they serve."

- Myles Munroe