Leadership Quotes

"Respect and trust must be earned."

"Leadership is not about being in charge. It's about taking care of those in your charge."

"You have to earn the trust of your team every single day."

"The soldier is the backbone of any military force."

"Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible."

"The measure of a leader is what he leaves behind."

"Integrity is non-negotiable in leadership."

"A true leader listens to those around him."

"A leader must earn respect through action."

"The duty of a leader is to serve others."

"Good leaders develop other leaders."

"A commander must take care of his troops."

"A leader's legacy is measured in lives touched."

"A leader must be decisive."

"The true test of leadership is in adversity."

"We must lead by example."

"Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy."

"A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice."

"What leaders must do is make decisions that will take years off my life, not decisions to save face."

"A good leader will trust the experts in their field, but will not be bound by them."

"You don't have to be the smartest person in the room to be the leader."

"The most important thing a leader can do is to acknowledge his own mistakes quickly and directly."

"When I take command of any organization, the first thing I do is make sure that everyone knows what I stand for."

"You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too."

"Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible."

"I have my faults, but changing my men's hearts is not one of them."

"You need to understand that leadership is not about being in charge. It's about taking care of those under your charge."

"I will never ask a man to go a place I will not go."

"Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them."

"My philosophy has always been simple: you lead by example."