Leadership Quotes

What separates leaders from the crowd? These words from history's most influential figures reveal the answer.

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"Leadership means taking responsibility for your mistakes."
B.J. Hunnicutt
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"A good leader listens more than he talks."
Hawkeye Pierce
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"A woman has to work twice as hard to be taken half as seriously."
Margaret Houlihan
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"Order is what separates civilization from anarchy."
Margaret Houlihan
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"A good leader doesn't follow the rules; they set them."
Margaret Houlihan
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"A leader must make hard choices without hesitation."
Margaret Houlihan
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"A leader leads by example, not by command."
Margaret Houlihan
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"A leader must be willing to make unpopular decisions."
Margaret Houlihan
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"Leadership means taking responsibility for your decisions."
B.J. Hunnicutt
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"Leadership is about serving, not commanding."
B.J. Hunnicutt
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"A true leader serves those beneath him."
M*A*S*H
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"Leadership means taking responsibility for your failures."
M*A*S*H
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"A good leader doesn't command respect - he earns it by respecting others."
Hawkeye Pierce
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"Leadership is getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to."
Hawkeye Pierce
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"A real leader listens more than he talks."
Hawkeye Pierce
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"Leaders serve; they don't command."
Hawkeye Pierce
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"A leader isn't someone who has all the answers—it's someone who listens."
M*A*S*H
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"A leader serves, not commands."
M*A*S*H
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"A good leader doesn't make himself bigger. He makes the people around him better."
B.J. Hunnicutt
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"Real leadership is understanding that you're responsible for more than just yourself."
B.J. Hunnicutt
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"A good leader knows when to joke and when to be serious."
Hawkeye Pierce
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"A leader who doesn't laugh at himself will break."
Hawkeye Pierce
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"Leadership means taking responsibility for others."
M*A*S*H
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"Leadership is service disguised as authority."
M*A*S*H
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"One must learn to balance ambition with compassion."
Sue Ann Nivens
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"Leadership means knowing how to delegate properly."
Sue Ann Nivens
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"Leadership is showing others what's possible."
Sue Ann Nivens
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"The key to leadership is looking authoritative while someone else makes the decisions."
Ted Baxter
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"A good leader knows when to delegate - I delegate thinking to others."
Ted Baxter
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"The best leaders serve those they lead, not the other way around."
M*A*S*H