Leadership Quotes

"Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government."

"Men who are successful are those who think for themselves and act accordingly."

"Democracy cannot survive without an informed and engaged citizenry."

"The voice of the people, when organized, is the voice of God."

"To lead is to love those who follow you."

"Leadership is the burden of seeing further than others."

"To lead without love is to drive people forward mechanically."

"I would rather be responsible for the laws and punishments than for the praise."

"Leadership is something you do, not something you are."

"The people have no power unless they are organized; and organization without philosophy is chaos."

"The moral basis of all just government is the dignity and worth of every human being."

"Leadership is not about commanding others but inspiring them to greatness."

"A leader who does not listen to his people is a leader who will fall."

"The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; kind, but not weak."

"Leadership is the ability to get others to do what they don't want to do, and like it."

"A nation, the making of it, is the time of a few men."

"Leadership is the willingness to serve others."

"The worth of a state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it."

"Leadership is the ability to inspire others without commanding them."

"Power rests upon the consent of the governed, and all power denied them."

"I am not a teacher, but an awakener."

"A leader must be willing to take the road less traveled."

"It is wonderful how much depends upon the disposition of the chairman."

"I came from the people, and I have never lost touch with the people."

"The measure of a person is what they do with power."

"Your job is not just to write, but to change things."

"Leadership is about service, not power."

"To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to live the decent life."

"I still believe we form our character through our choices."

"Greed has taken the place of leadership."