Leadership Quotes
What separates leaders from the crowd? These words from history's most influential figures reveal the answer.
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"A great person is one who has not lost the heart of a child."Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
"A true leader serves first and seeks power only to uplift others."Charles Wesley
"Leadership without integrity is merely the exercise of tyranny."Charles Wesley
"The path of the wise is lit by their own inner light."Ibn Arabi
"Leadership is service; the leader exists for the led."Ibn Arabi
"Those who lead must lead through the strength of their ideas, not through force."Spinoza
"True leadership is the art of inspiring others to discover their own greatness."Emanuel Swedenborg
"True leaders serve their followers; false leaders demand to be served."Emanuel Swedenborg
"The master is one who has mastered himself."Ibn Arabi
"Even among the imperfect, there must be those who lead others toward perfection."Teresa of Avila
"To serve another is to serve the Divine within them."Ibn Arabi
"This is a holy space where God and I negotiate for the human soul."Hafiz
"Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place."Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
"To seek power over others is to misunderstand the true nature of power."Spinoza
"The way your employees feel is exactly how your customers feel. And if your employees don't feel valued, neither will your customers."Mother Teresa
"Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person."Mother Teresa
"Leadership is service disguised as authority."Meister Eckhart
"Authentic power is service."Pope Francis
"Leaders serve, they do not rule."Pope Francis
"Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place."Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
"Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person."Mother Teresa
"We are called to be menders of the world, not destroyers of it."Pope Francis
"Leadership is service; those who lead must wash the feet of others."Pope Francis
"The church cannot abandon her task of interpreting the moral dimensions of worldly affairs."Pope John Paul II
"Leadership is the art of inspiring others toward truth and goodness."Pope John Paul II
"Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place."Hafiz
"Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person."Mother Teresa
"Leadership is about service, not power."Pope Francis
"Leadership means going first toward what is right."Pope Francis
"Use whatever influence you have, in order to increase the quantity of food, education, and medical care."Dalai Lama (14th)