Leadership Quotes
What separates leaders from the crowd? These words from history's most influential figures reveal the answer.
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"Leadership without integrity is mere tyranny wearing a borrowed crown."Percy Bysshe Shelley
"The world needs more women who think and fewer who merely follow."Aphra Behn
"The world needs fewer followers and more women who lead."Eliza Haywood
"It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of."Jonathan Swift
"The fewer men a prince employs, the wiser his government."Jonathan Swift
"To possess great power and use it justly is the mark of true leadership."Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
"A leader must possess integrity above all other qualities."Eliza Haywood
"Leadership is the art of making others believe in themselves."Christina Rossetti
"A leader is one who sees potential where others see obstacles."Christina Rossetti
"By the time we finish celebrating our victories, we often find ourselves defeated in new battles."Samuel Johnson
"Example is always more efficacious than precept."Samuel Johnson
"The great art of commanding men is to keep anxiety out of your face."Samuel Johnson
"In every age, it is the few who understand that freedom requires eternal vigilance."Percy Bysshe Shelley
"Every human being has the power to change history."Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"Leadership is not about being in charge. It's about taking care of those in your charge."Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"Leadership is the courage to serve others rather than be served."Christina Rossetti
"Help and not hindrance; to breed not fear."Robert Browning
"The speaker is a successful influence on others."Robert Browning
"Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality."Knut Hamsun
"A true leader inspires others to greatness."Johan Christian Andersen
"Leaders serve, they do not command."Johan Christian Andersen
"Leadership is service to others."Robert Browning
"Leadership is service to those you lead."Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"A leader's true power lies in his humility."Alfred, Lord Tennyson
"Leadership by example is leadership supreme."Alfred, Lord Tennyson
"Leadership is about serving others."Johan Christian Andersen
"A leader inspires, not dominates."Johan Christian Andersen
"Leadership begins with the courage to stand alone"Knut Hamsun
"The tyrant dies and his rule is over; the martyr dies and his rule begins."Søren Kierkegaard
"To lead is to serve; to serve is to lead."Dante Gabriel Rossetti