Leadership Quotes

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

30104 quotes

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"Leadership requires the wisdom to know when to act and when to wait."
General Kutuzov
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"A people united is invincible."
General Kutuzov
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"The Party is not concerned with perpetuating its blood but with perpetuating itself. WHO wields power is not important, provided that the hierarchical structure remains always the same."
O'Brien
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"The art of leadership is saying no, not yes."
General Kutuzov
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"You do bad things and I go an' put you in the boob house."
George Milton
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"I tol' you to hush up."
George Milton
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"The greatest generals are those who forget about themselves"
General Kutuzov
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"We have the World State now. And Ford's Ford has foreseen it."
Mustapha Mond
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"You're a officer and a gentleman."
Colonel Cathcart
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"You do it now, when I tell you to"
George Milton
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"Establish a new rule: no singing voice allowed in the firehouse."
Guy Montag
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"A really great man is the man who makes everyone feel great."
Lee
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"A leader is one who sacrifices his own interests for the greater good"
General Kutuzov
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"A man must master himself before he can hope to influence others."
Samuel Hamilton
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"True nobility lies not in rank, but in virtue."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
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"The rules! Everybody has agreed to them. We built the shelters together because the rules said so."
Ralph
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"We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages."
Ralph
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"Shut up, Fatty."
Jack Merridew
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"The conch shall be a trumpet to call the elders and we will meet here."
Ralph
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"We'll have rules!"
Ralph
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"If this is a good island we ought to make a village."
Jack Merridew
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"The rules are the only thing we've got."
Ralph
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"We should have a chief to decide things."
Ralph
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"Without the conch we can't have order."
Ralph
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"I got the conch!"
Piggy
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"Conch! Conch! We'll have rules!"
Ralph
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"We've got to have rules and obey them."
Ralph
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"Man is the only real enemy we have"
Old Major
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"Do not imagine that leadership is a pleasure"
Napoleon
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"We are English; and the English are best at everything."
Jack Merridew