Leadership Quotes

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

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"The supreme act of a man is that of becoming a parent to himself."
Jean Valjean
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"Before Jem looks at anyone else he looks at me, and I've tried to live so I can look straight back."
Atticus Finch
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"I'll make you Major for this."
Colonel Cathcart
C
"The country needs you."
Colonel Cathcart
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"Leadership is not about commanding others but inspiring them toward a common purpose."
General Kutuzov
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"There are going to be times when we can't let the患者 have everything they want."
Nurse Ratched
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"Order and routine are what keep society functioning."
Nurse Ratched
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"Atticus's courtroom manner had changed considerably."
Scout Finch
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"I could make so many people happy."
Bernard Marx
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"A man without conviction is like a ship without a rudder."
Ivan Karamazov
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"Maybe we need a police force."
Scout Finch
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"Duty is what matters most in life"
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
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"Leadership is the willingness to serve"
General Kutuzov
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"I'm the logical choice for this job."
Yossarian
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"Let's take a walk and discuss the matter."
Colonel Cathcart
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"Leadership is earned through sacrifice, not inherited through privilege"
General Kutuzov
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"He made us feel like we were men."
Chief Bromden
C
"We need someone to lead us."
Cheswick
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"The higher a man's rank, the more questions of conscience and doubt arise in his soul."
Pierre Bezukhov
C
"McMurphy taught us to question authority."
Chief Bromden
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"I am not interested in the happiness of my subjects"
Mustapha Mond
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"A leader is just someone who convinces you he knows the way."
Nurse Ratched
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"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it."
General Kutuzov
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"He showed us how to be men again."
Cheswick
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"Leadership without wisdom is tyranny."
Colonel Cathcart
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"You have to find your own way out."
Randle McMurphy
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"One cannot have exemplary institutions with unexemplary individuals."
Mustapha Mond
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"She's a natural talker—a therapeutic talker."
Chief Bromden
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"We were all waiting for someone to show us the way."
Chief Bromden
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"How can the commander-in-chief of the army be responsible for the thoughts of a man?"
General Kutuzov