Leadership Quotes

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

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"The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword"
Ned Stark
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"A man can have many titles but only one war to fight"
Jon Snow
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"True leadership requires both vision and humility"
Salvor Hardin
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"The rebellion needs a symbol."
Cinna
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"Trust is earned through action, not words."
Thomas
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"A commander's most important job is to give orders that can be obeyed."
Graff
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"He's too much a leader already."
Graff
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"The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword."
Ned Stark
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"The burned men pay the iron price."
Theon Greyjoy
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"Power without wisdom is tyranny"
Salvor Hardin
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"Some are born to lead, others are shaped by circumstance."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"The weight of command crushes those unprepared for it."
Paul Atreides
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"The way to win is to find an enemy and defeat him."
Graff
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"They were not using him—he was using them."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"This is the place where they're creating the greatest military mind of all time."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"The true steel of the north lies in its people"
Jon Snow
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"Ender's Game is designed this way: to find somebody smarter than anybody else."
Graff
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"You think like a commander. That's what we need."
Graff
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"In any group of humans, there are leaders and followers. The leaders create the possibilities."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"A man cannot act as a leader without first having the strength to act."
Thufir Hawat
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"In unity, there is strength beyond measure."
Minho
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"We are the architects of our own destiny."
Thomas
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"Men are not machines and cannot be treated as such"
Hari Seldon
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"Leadership is the burden of knowledge"
Salvor Hardin
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"The system is failing. And we must rebuild it"
Tris Prior
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"Sometimes you must break the rules to save the system."
Minho
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"The best way to predict the future is to invent it"
Hari Seldon
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"Foundation must grow without interference"
Hari Seldon
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"We inherit the past but we create the future"
Hari Seldon
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"The great man doesn't seek to lead, he is called to it."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions