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 servant hood in disguise."
Paul Verlaine
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"Leadership demands integrity above all."
Paul Verlaine
"A leader is one who sacrifices for the many, not one who sacrifices the many for himself."
Charles Baudelaire
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"To lead is to serve those you command."
Pierre Corneille
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"To lead with integrity is to inspire others to greatness."
Pierre Corneille
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"Leadership demands both wisdom and compassion."
Jean Racine
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"Leaders are servants of a greater purpose."
Jean Racine
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"To serve is to lead, and to lead is to serve."
Molière
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"True nobility lies not in birth, but in the nobility of one's actions."
Pierre Corneille
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"Leadership is knowing which way the crowd is going and walking slightly ahead."
Arthur Rimbaud
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"Leadership without doubt is merely tyranny wearing a smile."
Arthur Rimbaud
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"Leadership is the art of inspiring others to believe in themselves."
Paul Verlaine
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"Leadership is service to others."
Paul Verlaine
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"I would rather obey a fine lion than a hundred rats."
Voltaire
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"Ambition without virtue becomes tyranny"
Pierre Corneille
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"Ambition without humility becomes tyranny."
Jean Racine
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"Power corrupts most those who believe themselves righteous."
Jean Racine
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"Leadership is the ability to inspire others to believe in themselves."
Paul Verlaine
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"The measure of a person is not their beginning, but their choices."
Molière
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"To lead is to serve those you would command."
Molière
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"The superior leader gets things done with very little motion."
Gérard de Nerval
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"A true leader serves others, not himself."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"Leadership is earned through integrity and service."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"Leadership is the ability to influence others towards a goal"
Théophile Gautier
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"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way."
Guy de Maupassant
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"A leader must serve, not rule."
Guy de Maupassant
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"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
"Leadership is the ability to inspire others to see what you see."
Charles Baudelaire
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"Leadership is not the ability to command, but the willingness to serve."
Paul Verlaine