Leadership Quotes

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

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"Leadership is not command, but service."
Nicodemus Copernicus
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"A good man's influence extends beyond his lifetime."
Girolamo Savonarola
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"A nation's strength depends on the virtue of its people."
Girolamo Savonarola
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"Leadership begins with leading oneself."
Girolamo Savonarola
"Disorders and tumults are the elements of virtues and of the happiness of states."
Giambattista Vico
"Authority without wisdom is a calamity."
Giambattista Vico
"Men are made by the times, but times are also made by men."
Giambattista Vico
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"Leadership is the art of helping others discover their own power."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
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"The kingdom within, once mastered, brings mastery over all external circumstances."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
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"A leader serves not to command, but to elevate others toward their potential."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
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"Men are so simple and so ready to obey."
Cosimo de Medici
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"Man is born not for himself alone, but for his country."
Paracelsus
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"A true leader elevates those around them."
Edward Wotton
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"Leadership is the privilege of service, not the privilege of command."
Edward Wotton
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"The city is like a great house for all the citizens; therefore, as we would have our house beautiful, so should the city be."
Cosimo de Medici
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"To lead is to serve; to serve is to understand."
Cosimo de Medici
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"A leader who fears his people deserves to lose them."
Girolamo Savonarola
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"Those who would lead must be willing to serve."
Girolamo Savonarola
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"To master others, first master yourself completely."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
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"In unity of purpose lies the power to move mountains."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
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"In unity of vision, great works are accomplished."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
Nicodemus Copernicus
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"To lead is to serve, not to command."
Edward Wotton
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"The burden of leadership is the responsibility for those who follow."
Edward Wotton
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"To lead by example is to lead most effectively."
Edward Wotton
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"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way."
Cosimo de Medici
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"A great soul serves everyone."
Cosimo de Medici
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"A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit."
Cosimo de Medici
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"The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.'"
Paracelsus
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"A doctor must have the heart of a lion and the hands of a woman."
Paracelsus