Leadership Quotes

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

30104 quotes

J
"A leader must be ruthless"
Joseph Stalin
J
"Leaders are forged in conflict"
Joseph Stalin
B
"Nothing will be done without my direction and my approval."
Benito Mussolini
B
"Believe, obey, fight."
Benito Mussolini
B
"I am the greatest teacher of tactics in existence."
Benito Mussolini
B
"The greatness of a state is measured by the will of its people."
Benito Mussolini
B
"To make the people happy is the duty of government."
Benito Mussolini
B
"A government must be strong to be just."
Benito Mussolini
B
"I am the voice of my nation."
Benito Mussolini
B
"The nation is an organism that requires a strong head."
Benito Mussolini
B
"I speak for the new civilization."
Benito Mussolini
B
"A leader must be willing to use force."
Benito Mussolini
B
"I speak with the authority of destiny."
Benito Mussolini
B
"A nation without a strong leader is lost."
Benito Mussolini
B
"I am the embodiment of my nation's will."
Benito Mussolini
B
"The masses follow whoever shows them strength."
Benito Mussolini
B
"I embody the will of my people."
Benito Mussolini
V
"Leadership is not about giving orders, but about inspiring others to act."
Vladimir Lenin
W
"The price of greatness is responsibility."
Winston Churchill
W
"I would say to the House as I said to those who have joined this government: I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
Winston Churchill
W
"In the course of history there come times when bold and daring action must be taken."
Winston Churchill
W
"A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow; next week; next month; and next year."
Winston Churchill
F
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
F
"I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
F
"We cannot ask a man to go along with us unless we have his confidence."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
F
"I think we consider the people of this nation, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of their countrymen."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
F
"It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of Congress to dispose."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
F
"Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
F
"A nation is not in danger from bad laws but from the neglect of good ones."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
L
"Discipline without vision is merely tyranny disguised as order."
Leon Trotsky