Leadership Quotes
What separates leaders from the crowd? These words from history's most influential figures reveal the answer.
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"To speak truth to power requires both wisdom and courage"Dante Alighieri
"The true measure of a leader is how they treat those with no power"Dante Alighieri
"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way."Pickering Edward
"A leader's worth is measured by the care given to the least."Geoffrey Chaucer
"The man who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander."Ovid
"Leadership is not about power, but about service."Ovid
"I have always believed that science should serve humanity."Annie Jump Cannon
"True leadership is service in disguise."Virgil
"Leadership is the art of making others great."Geoffrey Chaucer
"A leader serves those who follow."Geoffrey Chaucer
"The leader who listens learns more than he who merely commands."Homer
"Great leaders inspire not through force but through vision."Homer
"A leader's true measure is not their authority but their ability to inspire."Pickering Edward
"A kingdom is not destroyed by siege from outside but by rot from within."Ovid
"To rule oneself is greater than to rule an empire."Ovid
"A leader is one who serves before he commands."Virgil
"The true leader leads by example, not by decree."Virgil
"The finest leaders are servants in disguise."Virgil
"Through the study of light, we learn what it means to illuminate."Henrietta Leavitt
"A man of few words but many deeds is worth ten orators."Homer
"Leadership means lifting others as you rise."Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
"True leadership is the willingness to be last in line and first in service."Pickering Edward
"Leadership is the art of making others believe in themselves more than you do."Pickering Edward
"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way."George Lemaitre
"One of the most important responsibilities of a leader is to ask hard questions and demand hard answers."Fritz Zwicky
"A woman's place is wherever her intellect and determination can take her."Annie Jump Cannon
"Scientific integrity means following truth even when it contradicts expectation."Harlow Shapley
"Our responsibility is to leave a clearer understanding of the universe for those who come after us."Edwin Hubble
"Leadership begins with the courage to admit what you do not know."Pickering Edward
"Leadership is the privilege of service."Pickering Edward