Leadership Quotes

"Leadership demands sacrifice."

"Leadership is not dominion but service."

"Leadership requires first leading oneself toward virtue and wisdom."

"Those who rule justly rule themselves first and perfectly."

"Leaders who serve themselves inevitably fall; those who serve truth endure."

"The greatest leader serves, not commands."

"Leadership is the ability to inspire action."

"A leader serves those he leads."

"True leadership is servant leadership."

"Leadership is service to those who follow."

"Power wielded justly becomes legitimacy."

"Leadership demands sacrifice."

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

"A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be."

"His hearers would perceive that he perceived them."

"A leader must be ready to abandon any ship, even one of his own construction."

"Great empires are not maintained by timidity."

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

"Ambition is the shadow that follows power, always just behind."

"The leader who serves his people is greater than the people who serve him."

"He who restrains the rein of authority is the true emperor."

"A leader is one who serves, not one who commands."

"Leadership is influence earned through integrity."

"Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent management."

"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both."

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

"A true leader serves others with humility."

"A man who cannot endure hardship is unfit for the responsibilities of command."

"A leader who does not understand the people he governs cannot lead them justly."

"The relationship between ruler and ruled must be built on mutual respect and understanding."