Leadership Quotes
What separates leaders from the crowd? These words from history's most influential figures reveal the answer.
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"A leader guides with wisdom."Henry Fielding
"The leadership that matters most is the influence of a good example."George Sand
"Leadership is influence; influence is responsibility."George Sand
"Leadership is not about commanding but understanding."Frances Burney
"A true leader serves others."Frances Burney
"The strength of a nation lies in the character of its people."Daniel Defoe
"Leadership is service to others."Daniel Defoe
"A man cannot govern himself, much less govern the state."Laurence Sterne
"A leader is one who knows the way, shows the way, and goes the way."Laurence Sterne
"Leadership is not commanding others but inspiring them."Ann Radcliffe
"Leaders are remembered not for their power but for their vision."Ann Radcliffe
"The great minds are those that create systems; the petty minds are those that judge them."Stendhal
"Let us be happy and the people will follow us into happiness."George Sand
"To govern and to educate are two branches of the same root."Frances Burney
"To serve is to lead."Frances Burney
"The art of governing mankind is to bear with them."Henry Fielding
"Leadership requires the consent of the led."Henry Fielding
"The great advantage of being in the militia is learning how to obey."Daniel Defoe
"The value of a man lies not in his words, but in his deeds."Daniel Defoe
"The grand art of governing is to set the mind in motion."Mary Wollstonecraft
"The measure of leadership is not power, but the elevation of others."Ann Radcliffe
"Every man who is not too stupid or too much occupied with his own affairs, admires Napoleon."Stendhal
"The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the weapons of war."Stendhal
"To lead is to serve, not to command."Frances Burney
"Great actions spring from great principles."Henry Fielding
"A noble mind is the greatest possession."Henry Fielding
"A man of vision sees beyond the present."Henry Fielding
"The worst of all servants are those whose masters are misled by their pretenses."Daniel Defoe
"The shadow of authority flows from true obedience."Daniel Defoe
"God grant that women may have levelled ground to come into line with mankind in the matter of power and wages."Jonathan Swift