Leadership Quotes

"Leadership is responsibility dressed in humility."

"There is no greater power than the power of suggestion, and we are all bound by the suggestions of those before us."

"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand."

"Leadership is the ability to inspire others to believe in themselves."

"A leader is someone who has the courage to do what's right."

"A true leader serves others."

"Character is not something separate from action. It is action."

"Leadership is the burden of caring for those who cannot care for themselves."

"To lead is to accept the burden of other people's dreams."

"Leadership is the burden of knowing more than you wish you did."

"Authority should be based on merit, not on rank or title."

"Authority without accountability is just tyranny with a uniform."

"The greatest concentration of power is in the hands of those who believe they are beyond criticism."

"Leadership is the willingness to make difficult decisions others will not."

"Any organization, no matter how well-intentioned, will eventually fill the needs of its administrators rather than those it was designed to serve."

"The hard part is how you make the choice about what to do when the situation is ambiguous."

"The degree to which people are willing to blindly follow a leader."

"The problem is that every institution tends to promote the least qualified people to the highest positions."

"Leadership is the ability to make people want to follow you."

"Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality."

"Leadership is service"

"There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization."

"I have nothing but contempt for those who follow blindly."

"Leadership is the burden of responsibility."

"Leadership is about influence, not authority."

"Leadership is not about power; it is about the responsibility to others."

"Leadership demands that you make decisions that others will judge you for."

"The revolution needs the mind of the generation that can think"

"True leadership is service to others."

"Leadership is the art of inspiring others to greatness."