Leadership Quotes

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

30104 quotes

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"Leadership is about making people want to follow you, not making them."
Frankie Boyle
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"Leadership is responsibility."
Ricky Gervais
R
"Leadership guides."
Ricky Gervais
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"A true leader inspires others to believe in themselves."
Lee Evans
"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way"
Miranda Hart
"A good leader takes a little more than their share of the blame, a little less than their share of the credit"
Miranda Hart
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"Good leadership means making others feel heard."
Peter Kay
P
"Leaders inspire by example, not by demand."
Peter Kay
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"Leadership is about inspiring others to be their best."
Hugh Laurie
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"Leaders serve others."
Hugh Laurie
R
"The key to leadership is understanding and caring for people."
Rowan Atkinson
R
"Leadership is the courage to guide others toward their own truth."
Russell Brand
R
"The only true authority is the truth."
Ricky Gervais
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"Leadership is getting people to do what you want while they think it's their idea."
Frankie Boyle
"Leadership is about making others feel braver, not making yourself look bigger."
Miranda Hart
L
"Leadership is inspiring others to become their best."
Lee Evans
L
"Respect is earned through consistency and integrity."
Lee Evans
R
"Leadership is influence earned through genuine care for others."
Rowan Atkinson
R
"Leadership is the willingness to be wrong first."
Russell Brand
R
"Leadership is service disguised as authority."
Russell Brand
P
"A good leader listens more than they talk."
Peter Kay
P
"Leadership is earned through integrity and consistency."
Peter Kay
"Leadership means admitting when you have no idea what you're doing"
Miranda Hart
H
"Leadership is about making people feel heard, not just heard."
Hugh Laurie
H
"A good leader makes people want to follow. A great leader makes them want to become leaders."
Hugh Laurie
R
"Leadership isn't about being the smartest. It's about being the least wrong."
Ricky Gervais
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"A leader is one who knows the way, shows the way, and goes the way."
Trevor Noah
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"The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things; he is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things."
Trevor Noah
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"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."
Lee Evans
R
"Leadership is the willingness to serve rather than to dominate."
Russell Brand