Leadership Quotes

What separates leaders from the crowd? These words from history's most influential figures reveal the answer.

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"Leadership begins with the courage to be misunderstood."
Arthur Rimbaud
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"Leadership is the burden of those called to it."
Arthur Rimbaud
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"A true leader serves those they lead."
Paul Verlaine
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"Leadership is the art of inspiring others toward their better selves."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"Leadership without vision is merely management."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"Leadership is about serving others."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"Leadership is the ability to make others want to follow you"
Guy de Maupassant
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"Leadership is the lonely burden of seeing what others refuse to see"
Guy de Maupassant
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"Devotion to duty is the mark of a great soul."
George Sand
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"True leadership is the art of helping others discover their own power."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"A true leader lifts others as he rises."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"Leadership is service to others."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"A true leader serves those he leads."
Guy de Maupassant
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"Leadership is service with heightened responsibility."
Guy de Maupassant
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"The great Art of Governing is to divide; to act according to circumstances."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"The person who is not able to rule oneself will never be able to rule others."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"A nation's true strength lies not in arms but in its culture."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"The strength of a nation rests upon the strength of its ideas."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"The greatest power lies not in domination, but in the ability to inspire."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"Leadership is the ability to make others believe in themselves."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"The price of greatness is responsibility."
Stendhal
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"The greatest leaders are those who serve."
Stendhal
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"Leadership is not about power; it is about service."
George Sand
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"The price of greatness is responsibility to the world."
Théophile Gautier
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"The greatest leaders follow rather than drive; they listen rather than command."
Guy de Maupassant
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"Leadership is the art of inspiring others to greatness."
Ann Radcliffe
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"A leader must serve those they lead."
Ann Radcliffe
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"Great men are always modest in their words."
Henry Fielding
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"Leadership is the art of inspiring others."
Henry Fielding