Leadership Quotes

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

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"To lead is to serve those who follow."
Juan Rulfo
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"Leadership is the art of making people believe in themselves."
Juan Rulfo
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"Leadership begins with self-knowledge."
Laura Esquivel
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"The feminine voice in revolution is the voice of tomorrow."
Nellie Campobello
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"A true leader serves those they lead, not the reverse."
Rosario Castellanos
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"Leadership is the willingness to be vulnerable with those you guide."
Rosario Castellanos
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"In unity there is strength; in division there is weakness."
Ariel Dorfman
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"We are all responsible for each other."
Ariel Dorfman
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"History is written by those with the courage to speak."
Nellie Campobello
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"Power corrupts only those who forget where they came from."
Juan Rulfo
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"The writer serves as the voice of those who cannot speak."
Juan Rulfo
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"The intellectual must serve truth, not power or comfort."
Octavio Paz
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"The intellectual must never surrender his right to question and critique power"
Carlos Fuentes
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"The writer must maintain a certain distance from power while remaining engaged with reality"
Carlos Fuentes
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"Leadership is the courage to be vulnerable before those you guide."
Laura Esquivel
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"We are responsible for the world we create"
Ariel Dorfman
"Leadership requires the ability to disappoint others"
José Donoso
"Leadership is the art of making others believe in you"
José Donoso
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"In times of upheaval, writers become the true soldiers."
Mariano Azuela
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"The revolution was not won; it was merely begun."
Mariano Azuela
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"The intellectual who remains silent becomes the government's tool."
Mariano Azuela
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"The storyteller is the guardian of a people's conscience."
Juan Rulfo
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"The storyteller inherits the sacred duty to remember."
Juan Rulfo
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"Un buen líder inspira, no domina."
Mariano Latorre
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"La empatía es la habilidad más importante de un líder."
Mariano Latorre
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"A leader is someone who questions authority, including their own."
Octavio Paz
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"A true leader empowers others to become leaders."
Octavio Paz
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"A leader inspires others to believe."
Vicente Huidobro
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"Leadership requires sacrifice."
Vicente Huidobro
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"Leadership is the courage to say what others fear to think."
Ariel Dorfman