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