Leadership Quotes

"Leadership requires not merely authority but the ability to inspire others toward shared meaning."

"The final cause of semiosis is to be found in the general welfare."

"The business of life is for everyone to assume responsibility."

"Humans are not the masters of beings, but shepherds of being."

"The shepherd guards the flock and knows its nature intimately."

"The penalty which the wise suffer, if they govern in the interest of the governed, is to be talked about as tyrants."

"Plurality of thought in our decision-making processes is not a bug; it is a feature."

"The purpose of social organization is the development of the capacities of human individuals."

"The fact disclosed by a survey of past progress is that advance has been due to individuals whose example has created new standards."

"Leadership is the ability to inspire voluntary cooperation."

"Leadership by example is the most powerful form."

"The scholar must be faithful to truth above all things."

"Leadership emerges from those who understand their times deeply."

"The future belongs to those who understand their present deeply."

"Order and progress are the twin pillars of society."

"Leadership is the art of inspiring others toward improvement."

"A teacher should impart wisdom, not knowledge."

"Leadership is the art of inspiring others to greatness."

"The business of government is to promote the happiness of the society, by punishing and rewarding."

"The art of legislation is to coordinate the actions of men."

"The legislator should have one simple object: the greatest happiness of the greatest number."

"The art of government is to coordinate the conflicting wills of men."

"Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement."

"Leadership requires both intellectual capacity and moral courage."

"Leadership flourishes when personal ambition submits to collective welfare."

"Good institutions tend to develop only under favorable conditions."

"Submission to authority is the first condition of civilization."

"Leadership is the responsibility to elevate those who follow."

"Leadership is service to a vision greater than oneself."

"Whoever is not willing to see the height of a man's ability has to pay the price."