Leadership Quotes

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

30104 quotes

"The future is indeed female."
Audre Lorde
B
"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way."
Barbara Smith
B
"Leadership is service to others."
Barbara Smith
G
"Grassroots means if you can't get in the door, you build your own."
Gloria Steinem
G
"If you can't find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example."
Gloria Steinem
b
"We can only liberate others to the extent we are liberated ourselves"
bell hooks
B
"Generational progress depends on women claiming power over their own lives."
Betty Friedan
A
"We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead."
Angela Davis
A
"Women do not have to assume the characteristics traditionally associated with men in order to be effective leaders."
Angela Davis
A
"We are all architects of the future."
Angela Davis
W
"We are called to be stewards of the land, not its destroyers."
Winona LaDuke
W
"Indigenous women are leading the fight for the planet."
Winona LaDuke
G
"Authority is not a quality one person possesses; it is a perception."
Germaine Greer
b
"We are all teachers and students in the practice of liberation."
bell hooks
B
"Community is not just a word; it is the foundation upon which movements are built."
Barbara Smith
B
"We must build movements that center the most marginalized among us."
Barbara Smith
B
"The voice that refuses to be silent is the voice that changes history."
Barbara Smith
B
"To organize is to practice democracy in its truest form."
Barbara Smith
B
"Community is the answer to every question power tries to control."
Barbara Smith
B
"To organize is to believe in the power of people united."
Barbara Smith
B
"To build community is to build resistance."
Barbara Smith
B
"To practice solidarity is to practice the world we want to create."
Barbara Smith
A
"We cannot wait for the right moment; we must create it."
Angela Davis
B
"Women must demand recognition as full participants in society and the workplace."
Betty Friedan
B
"We should encourage women to pursue careers and intellectual achievements."
Betty Friedan
G
"Women belong in all places where decisions are being made."
Gloria Steinem
G
"We can't expect to change anything unless we accept that things must change."
Gloria Steinem
W
"We are called to be protectors, not predators."
Winona LaDuke
W
"Indigenous women are leading the movement for a new world."
Winona LaDuke
A
"Leadership is not about domination but about service to the collective struggle."
Angela Davis