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