Leadership Quotes

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

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"The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon."
Thucydides
T
"In a state founded on justice, the people prosper."
Thucydides
T
"The price of greatness is responsibility."
Thucydides
T
"Those who govern must understand the hearts of those they govern."
Thucydides
T
"In times of crisis, the character of nations is tested."
Thucydides
H
"Kings are made by the people"
Herodotus
H
"Whoever desires to begin the study of medicine must be possessed of the following advantages; a freeborn condition, goodness of parts, love of labour, retentiveness of memory, fondness of truth, kind disposition, love of honor, steadiness, love of mankind."
Hippocrates
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"Celsus says that there is nothing to be found among physicians that merits blame."
Hippocrates
P
"He who possesses the most power also carries the greatest responsibility."
Pindar
P
"In unity there is strength."
Pindar
H
"The stars have guided humanity through darkness; let precision guide them through ignorance."
Hipparchus
X
"He who wishes to be obedient must first learn to command."
Xenophon
X
"The true warrior trains not for glory but for service."
Xenophon
X
"An army marches on the stomach as well as on courage."
Xenophon
T
"The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools."
Thucydides
T
"He who least likes to give orders is the one most suited to give them."
Thucydides
T
"The art of leadership is knowing what to overlook."
Thucydides
T
"The weight of the crown is borne by the mind, not the head."
Thucydides
G
"The physician must be both scholar and practitioner to truly heal."
Galen
G
"The physician must earn the patient's trust through knowledge and compassion."
Galen
G
"A physician who cannot explain his reasoning to his patient is not worthy of trust."
Galen
G
"The physician must be part scientist, part philosopher, and part healer."
Galen
H
"The nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools."
Herodotus
H
"I would rather be the servant of a great man than king of the small ones."
Herodotus
H
"A physician who is kind and humble gains the greatest victories."
Hippocrates
H
"Leadership means serving others, not commanding them."
Hippocrates
P
"The path to greatness is paved with small acts of integrity."
Pindar
P
"The leader serves his people best when he leads by example, not command."
Pindar
P
"The leader who listens learns what those who command never discover."
Pindar
X
"A man who cannot govern himself is unfit to govern others."
Xenophon