Leadership Quotes

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

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"When you have many things depending on your decision, you can be paralyzed by the consideration of consequences."
Gaius Helen Mohiam
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"A duke and his people must understand that personal interest must always bow to the common good."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"He is too good. Too quick. Too perfect."
Graff
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"He would have been a great military commander."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"He was not a natural leader."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"I've found that the greatest warriors often have the most philosophical minds"
Anacreon
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"The most powerful weapon is the ability to predict the future"
Hari Seldon
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"To lead is to bear the weight of others' futures"
The Four Kingdoms' various leaders
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"I would find it hard to sit on the Iron Throne."
Stannis Baratheon
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"There is no time for sentiment."
Stannis Baratheon
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"The greatest threat to any empire is the ignorance of its people"
Hari Seldon
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"To rule is to serve."
Paul Atreides
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"The real strength of any civilization is the quality of its thought"
Salvor Hardin
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"Those who would rule must first understand that they are ruled by forces beyond their control"
Hari Seldon
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"I am crowned with light."
Daenerys Targaryen
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"A leader is someone who does what he believes is right, consequences be damned."
Mazer Rackham
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"I have to know how to lead without anyone knowing I'm leading them."
Ender Wiggin
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"We needed a leader, and they gave us a child."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"A king must know how to listen, or he will hear nothing but his own voice"
Catelyn Stark
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"A true leader places the needs of his people before his own desires"
Stannis Baratheon
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"A leader must see beyond the present moment"
Hari Seldon
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"A person is smart. People are dumb"
Salvor Hardin
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"To rule men, you must understand them"
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 was like a magnet. Everyone wanted to be near him."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"No one else could have done it."
Graff
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"The enemy's gate is down."
Mazer Rackham
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"Nothing can be more important than the mission."
HAL 9000
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"A Stark must lead the Night's Watch"
Jon Snow
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"You're the only one who can command the fleet when the time comes."
Mazer Rackham