This page is a collection of Famous Leadership Quotes.
The following quotes are an inspiring blend from successful leaders in a variety of fields. Whether it be the military, a business, or a household; being an effective leader is important and will impact those around you. Learn from the best.
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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. -John Quincy Adams
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. -John F. Kennedy
The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly. -Jim Rohn
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. -Peter F. Drucker
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already. -John Buchan
He that cannot obey, cannot command. -Benjamin Franklin
A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not. -John Quincy Adams
The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. -Kenneth Blanchard
Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves. -Eleanor Roosevelt
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander. -Aristotle
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. -Abraham Lincoln
To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult. -Friedrich Nietzsche
It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him. -John Steinbeck
No executive has ever suffered because his subordinates were strong and effective. -Peter Drucker
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. -Sam Walton
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. -Gen. George S. Patton
A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops. -Gen. John J. Pershing
Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the only thing. -Albert Schweitzer
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. -Abraham Lincoln
A leader is best when people barely know that he exists. -Lao-Tzu
When things go wrong in your command, start searching for the reason in increasingly large circles around your own desk. -Gen. Bruce Clarke
I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself. -Gen. Robert E. Lee
A leader is a dealer in hope. -Napoleon Bonaparte
The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun. -John D. Rockefeller
