Leadership Quotes

"We are the ones we have been waiting for."

"Everything now, we must assume, is in our hands; we have no time for lamentations."

"If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else."

"To accept responsibility for your choices is to claim your power."

"The world is still made up of two kinds of people, those who want to lead, and those content to be led."

"Leadership is about inspiring others to do their best."

"Leaders inspire, they do not command."

"The burden of representation falls upon those society has marginalized."

"I believe that each of us is responsible for our own lives."

"We are the ones we've been waiting for."

"The strength of the people is the power of the nation."

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

"I am not asking for much, just bread, work, and dignity."

"If you want to uplift others, you must first know how to lift yourself."

"The system does not change because we wish it; it changes because we demand it."

"You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not the other way around."

"Real change in America will come by getting involved in your community."

"Leadership is the willingness to bear the consequences of others' freedom."

"Leadership requires the humility to learn from those you lead."

"A man with a plan can accomplish anything, but a man without one cannot."

"A leader is one who does not take himself too seriously."

"Young people need models, not critics."

"Leadership means bearing witness to the struggles of others."

"The work of the intellectual is to correct the records of the past."

"Leadership is not about power over others; it's about inspiring others to their best selves."

"Leadership begins with the willingness to speak the unspeakable."

"The leadership we need is not charismatic, but honest."

"The role of the intellectual is to speak truth to power."

"Power and responsibility must be united."

"A leader must learn to listen before he can hope to lead."