Leadership Quotes

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

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"The mind that questions convention is the mind that shapes the future."
Georg Ohm
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"The highest duty of the chemist is to extract the secrets of nature and to apply them for the general good."
Michael Faraday
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"To do the right thing and make it successful requires the support of the many."
James Clerk Maxwell
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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
Joseph Gay-Lussac
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"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."
Joseph Gay-Lussac
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"The most important thing is the mission."
Joseph Gay-Lussac
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"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way."
Joseph Gay-Lussac
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"To be a scientist is to be a servant of truth."
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
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"True leadership is the art of making others believe in themselves."
Hans Christian Ørsted
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"Leadership is the courage to serve those you lead."
Hans Christian Ørsted
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"A true leader serves others before seeking authority."
Jacques Charles
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"Leadership is influence earned through integrity."
Jacques Charles
"Do you think that, if you were suddenly put in a position of power, you would have enough knowledge to use that power well?"
Bertrand Russell
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"I have never known a truly great man who was not also a good man."
Robert Boyle
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"A man's worth is not determined by the position he holds, but by the manner in which he holds it."
Robert Boyle
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"It is essential to the due functioning of a good government that its citizens shall be both intelligent and moral."
Michael Faraday
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"The greatest service one can render is to help another discover their own potential."
Michael Faraday
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"Precision in thought leads to precision in action."
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
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"To lead is to light a candle, not merely to curse the darkness."
Jacques Charles
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"The mark of a great scientist is not just what he discovers, but how he inspires others to discover."
Hans Christian Ørsted
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"The greatest leaders inspire others not through command, but through example."
Hans Christian Ørsted
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"A true leader listens more than he speaks."
Gilbert Lewis
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"Leaders are servants of something greater."
Gilbert Lewis
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"True leadership in science means following the evidence, not one's ego."
Joseph Gay-Lussac
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"Leadership is not dominion, but the ability to inspire others toward worthy goals."
Robert Boyle
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"Authority without wisdom is tyranny."
Robert Boyle
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"The greatest teachers are not those who have all the answers, but those who inspire better questions."
Michael Faraday
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"True nobility lies in the pursuit of understanding, not in title or rank."
Robert Boyle
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"The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that every word he utters is the result of deep reflection."
Michael Faraday
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"Character is destiny in the making."
Michael Faraday