Leadership Quotes

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

30104 quotes

"A true leader serves the people, not himself."
Ho Chi Minh
"The pursuit of justice is the highest calling of a nation."
Ho Chi Minh
"A leader who serves only himself is a leader who will fall."
Ho Chi Minh
V
"Give us an organisation of revolutionaries, and we will overturn the whole of Russia."
Vladimir Lenin
V
"A disciplined mind is the greatest weapon of any revolutionary."
Vladimir Lenin
"One's duty is to be a revolutionary; to fight for your country's independence."
Che Guevara
"The duty of the revolutionary is to make the revolution."
Che Guevara
"The true revolutionary seeks not personal fame but the advancement of the cause."
Che Guevara
"To serve the people is the highest calling of any person."
Che Guevara
B
"The function of a genius is to furnish ideas twenty years later."
Benito Mussolini
B
"The masses do not govern themselves through reason alone."
Benito Mussolini
B
"A leader is nothing without the devotion of his followers."
Benito Mussolini
J
"Cadres decide everything."
Joseph Stalin
J
"The task of the party is to serve the people, not to dominate them."
Joseph Stalin
J
"Every organization needs a backbone of people who are totally dedicated."
Joseph Stalin
J
"Centralization of power is the key to revolutionary success."
Joseph Stalin
J
"Speed and decisiveness are the mark of true leadership."
Joseph Stalin
M
"Our duty is to hold ourselves responsible to the people."
Mao Zedong
M
"Discipline is the foundation of a revolutionary army."
Mao Zedong
M
"The mass line is our method of leadership; we must implement it thoroughly."
Mao Zedong
V
"A leader who cannot inspire sacrifice in others is merely a figurehead."
Vladimir Lenin
E
"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
Eleanor Roosevelt
E
"A good leader inspires people to have confidence in their leader."
Eleanor Roosevelt
E
"I never thought that I would be a leader."
Eleanor Roosevelt
L
"The vanguard party is the embodiment of the workers' will."
Leon Trotsky
L
"The leadership must embody the highest consciousness of the movement."
Leon Trotsky
M
"We should be loyal to the revolution and the party."
Mao Zedong
M
"We must unite all who can be united in the revolutionary struggle."
Mao Zedong
M
"The peasantry is the foundation of the revolution."
Mao Zedong
J
"Discipline is the foundation of victory"
Joseph Stalin