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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"A maker's reputation is built one violin at a time."
Antonio Stradivari
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"Women must tell their daughters and granddaughters that there is no glass ceiling."
Coco Chanel
"I believe in the power of individual enterprise and the rewards it brings."
Charles Yerkes
"To command respect, one must first respect oneself."
Charles Yerkes
"The greatest power lies in the ability to inspire others."
Charles Yerkes
"The measure of a leader is his ability to inspire."
Charles Yerkes
"The true measure of power is the ability to serve others."
Charles Yerkes
"To lead is not to command, but to inspire others to command themselves."
Lorenzo de Medici
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"A leader who cannot listen is merely a tyrant with followers, not citizens."
Giovanni Medici
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"The person who leads with their title has already lost the authority to lead."
Giovanni Medici
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"The greatest power is not to command, but to inspire."
Jacob Fugger
J
"To build an empire, one must first master the building of a household."
Jacob Fugger
J
"To lead men, you must first understand what they dream."
Jacob Fugger
"The work of ages is the work of many hands, yet one mind must guide them."
Lorenzo de Medici
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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
Edward Harriman
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"Success is not about money, fame, or power. It's about leaving a positive impact."
Edward Harriman
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"Don't wait for opportunity. Create it."
Edward Harriman
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"Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude."
Edward Harriman
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"The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee, and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun."
William Rockefeller
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"To lead, one must be willing to serve."
William Rockefeller
W
"In unity there is strength."
William Rockefeller
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"To lead effectively, one must first learn to follow."
Cosimo Medici
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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
James Hill
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"I learned a long time ago that if you want to lead people, let them have their way on the little things."
James Hill
"The public be damned - we don't run the railroads for their benefit."
Charles Yerkes
"The public works for me, whether they know it or not."
Charles Yerkes
"I have no interest in being loved; I prefer to be feared."
Charles Yerkes
"I believe in leadership by fear and demonstration of power."
Charles Yerkes
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"To lead is to serve those who follow, not to be served by them."
Giovanni Medici
"The ambitious man climbs alone; the wise man climbs with others."
Lorenzo de Medici