Leadership Quotes
What separates leaders from the crowd? These words from history's most influential figures reveal the answer.
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"Leadership is service to others."Romain Rolland
"Leadership demands integrity."Romain Rolland
"A leader is remembered not for what they took, but for what they gave."François Mauriac
"Leadership is the art of inspiring others to believe in your vision"Henry James
"Leadership requires the courage to make decisions that others fear"Henry James
"The price of greatness is responsibility."Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"A man cannot change the world, but he can spread ideas that will change the world."Marcel Proust
"I wish to leave behind me the kind of influence that will make it easier for people to live moral lives."André Gide
"Small circles of women and men gathered in the drawing rooms of those who wish to advance truth."Nathaniel Hawthorne
"The greatest teachers are those who themselves have suffered and overcome."Nathaniel Hawthorne
"The greatest teachers are those who show you where to look but don't tell you what to see."Romain Rolland
"The strength of a nation is determined by the virtue of its citizens."François Mauriac
"Leadership is the art of convincing others to do what you want them to do."Anatole France
"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do what you want because they want to do it."Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"Leadership is the art of making people feel like they matter."Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"Leadership is the art of making others believe in themselves."Henry James
"Leadership is the art of making others want to follow you."Marcel Proust
"The real leaders of humanity are the artists and the philosophers, the poets and the dreamers."Romain Rolland
"A true leader does not command; he inspires others to command themselves."Romain Rolland
"The world has more need of the than of me."Anatole France
"The security of the throne depends on the security of the subject."Montesquieu
"In free governments, the security of the government depends on the happiness of the governed."Montesquieu
"The cause of good governance is the virtue of those who govern."Montesquieu
"The penalty for governing badly is to be governed well."Montesquieu
"Leadership is not about being in charge; it's about taking care of those in your charge"Jean-Paul Sartre
"Leadership is not about being in charge; it is about taking care of those in your charge."Romain Rolland
"A true leader serves; he does not demand service."Romain Rolland
"Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is; treat a man as he could be and he will become what he should be."André Gide
"The moderate exercise of governmental power is the precursor of despotism."Montesquieu
"The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power."Montesquieu