Leadership Quotes

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

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"The one who follows another will never become the leader."
Gaius Helen Mohiam
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"A leader is not born, but is made through experience."
Stilgar
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"The way to be a leader is to have people want to follow you."
Ender Wiggin
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"Being a leader means being willing to make the hard choices."
Ender Wiggin
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"The mind of the warrior must be ready for anything"
Mazer Rackham
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"I cannot lead if I do not understand"
Ender Wiggin
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"The isolation of command is absolute"
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"Empires do not fail because of external force—they fail because of internal decay."
Paul Atreides
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"The greatest thing a human can do is to change another human being."
Paul Atreides
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"Every leader is a leader of followers. Every general leads soldiers. If you cannot keep them alive, you are not a general."
Mazer Rackham
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"The true knight is mounted on his horse, armed with his sword and spear to defend his lord against all his enemies on all occasions at every peril. But nowadays we have changed the rules."
Davos Seaworth
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"Children are not the future - they are the present."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"The greatest weapon is one that knows it is a weapon."
Graff
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"A commander must be willing to sacrifice everything for his army."
Mazer Rackham
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"I am the son of a Duke. I must learn to rule."
Paul Atreides
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"A ruler must understand the hearts of his people."
Paul Atreides
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"To lead is to bleed."
Paul Atreides
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"The key to a successful empire is to make the ruled feel they are ruling"
Salvor Hardin
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"The winner of a game of strategy is the player who can best understand his opponent's needs and desires."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"What is the most important thing a ruler can know?"
Paul Atreides
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"Duty binds us more than kinship ever could."
Estraven
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"We must think not of ourselves but of the galactic future"
Salvor Hardin
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"In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him."
Ender Wiggin
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"He is ten years old and a military genius."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"He was already a legend."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"Leadership is not about dominance. It's about understanding."
Mazer Rackham
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"I am the law. I am the emperor."
Paul Atreides
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"To be a leader is to bear the weight of a thousand souls."
Paul Atreides
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"We are the storm, my lord"
Stannis Baratheon
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"I am the son of a Duke. More—I am the grandson of a Duke."
Paul Atreides