Leadership Quotes

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

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"Four things a man must learn to do if he would make any great mark in this world: to think clearly without hurry or confusion; to write clearly without effort; to speak clearly without low muttering and adjusting; and to command himself always."
Francesco Petrarch
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"A king is he who has the back of his people."
Francesco Petrarch
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"The greatest conquest is not of lands, but of hearts."
Matteo Ricci
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"The heart that serves others is never empty."
Matteo Ricci
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"Power without wisdom is tyranny; wisdom without power is ineffective."
Matteo Ricci
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"To lead is to serve; to serve is to lead."
Matteo Ricci
"Leadership is the art of making others believe in themselves."
Gerolamo Cardano
"A leader serves those who follow."
Gerolamo Cardano
"A leader without vision is merely a follower with authority."
Juan Luis Vives
"True leadership is the art of inspiring others to believe in themselves."
Juan Luis Vives
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"A leader is one who serves others."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
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"Leadership demands integrity above all else."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
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"Nothing destroys authority so much as the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far or relaxed too much."
Francis Bacon
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"He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own."
Francis Bacon
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"A leader serves; a tyrant commands. Know the difference."
Christine de Pizan
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"Leadership is influence earned through consistency and integrity."
Christine de Pizan
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"The soul of immortal man has need of honor."
Francesco Petrarch
"The power to change society rests in the hands of educated citizens."
Juan Luis Vives
"The foundations of society rest upon the virtue of its members."
Juan Luis Vives
"The real measure of leadership is the growth of those led."
Juan Luis Vives
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"To build something lasting, begin with the strongest foundations."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
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"To teach others is to multiply your own understanding."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
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"Those who calculate the future shape it."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
"Those who seek power through domination will find only the prison of their own ambition."
Gerolamo Cardano
"Those who seek leadership must first learn to follow their own conscience."
Gerolamo Cardano
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"Great empires are built on the foundation of justice and mercy."
Francis Bacon
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"The supreme satisfaction is to be called to the high council of one's nation."
Francis Bacon
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"Seek ye first the good of the State, and all else shall follow."
Francis Bacon
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"A leader who cannot admit error will soon find himself surrounded only by flatterers and liars."
Matteo Ricci
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"The power of habit is such that we often become what we repeatedly do."
Giovan Battista della Porta