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 is one who lifts others higher."
Mares, Edwin
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"Authority can provide justification for belief, but it is never the only source."
Lehrer, Keith
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"Leadership begins with clear thinking."
Priest, Graham
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"We are creatures capable of reason, and that capacity demands we use it responsibly."
Sosa, Ernest
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"Leadership is the practice of helping others become their best selves."
Sosa, Ernest
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"Leadership is the burden of seeing what others cannot yet imagine."
Nolan, Daniel
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"The deepest form of leadership is the willingness to be changed by those you lead."
Nolan, Daniel
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"Leadership is the art of inspiring others to believe in themselves."
Mares, Edwin
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"A leader without followers is merely a wanderer."
Mares, Edwin
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"Leadership is the art of inspiring others to become their best selves."
Shackel, Nicholas
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"A true leader serves those he leads."
Shackel, Nicholas
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"Leadership is the art of consistent contradiction."
Priest, Graham
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"Every argument begins with a choice about which world we're discussing."
Edgington, Dorothy
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"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way."
Nolan, Daniel
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"Leadership is not about being in charge; it is about taking care of those in your charge."
Nolan, Daniel
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"Leadership is service disguised as authority."
Balaguer, Mark
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"Leaders listen more than they speak."
Balaguer, Mark
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"The measure of a person is how they treat those beneath them."
Mares, Edwin
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"Leadership is the art of making others believe in themselves."
Mares, Edwin
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"Leadership is the art of making others believe in themselves."
Shackel, Nicholas
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"Great thinkers are great because they're willing to think what others won't."
Priest, Graham
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"A leader is one who sees beyond the horizon."
Rosen, Gideon
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"Leadership is the privilege of service."
Rosen, Gideon
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"Legacy is not what we accumulate, but what we inspire in others."
Nolan, Daniel
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"Leadership is the privilege of influencing; it is not the right to command."
Nolan, Daniel
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"A leader is someone who makes others believe in themselves."
Mares, Edwin
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"Leadership is the art of making others believe they are capable."
Mares, Edwin
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"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."
Correia, Fabrice
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"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way."
Correia, Fabrice
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"Power without understanding is merely force."
Priest, Graham