Top 50 Inspiring Quotes You Need to Read About Leadership
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“A bold onset is half the battle.” – Giuseppe Garibaldi
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“A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.” – Henrik Johan Ibsen
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“A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.” – Gen. John J. Pershing
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“A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.” – Stephen King
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“A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.” – General Douglas MacArthur
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“A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible. ” – Polybius
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“A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.” – John Maxwell
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“A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them. ” – M.D. Arnold
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“A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit. ” – Arnold Glasow
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“A good leader takes care of those in their charge. A bad leader takes charge of those in their care. ” – Simon Sinek
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“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. ” – George Patton
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“A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done. ” – Ralph Nader
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“A leader is a dealer in hope.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
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“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” – Lao Tzu
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“A leader is one who influences a specific group of people to move in a God-given direction.” – J. Robert Clinton
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“A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see and who sees before others see.” – Leroy Eimes
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“A leader isn't someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength to others so that they may have the strength to stand on their own. ” – Beth Revis
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“A leader leads by example not by Force. ” – Sun Tzu
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“A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not. ” – Author Unknown
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“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be. ” – Rosalynn Carter
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“A leader takes people where they would never go on their own. ” – Hans Finzel
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“A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.” – Golda Meir
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“A leader…is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.” – Nelson Mandela
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“A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.” – J.P. Morgan
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“A man is only a leader when a follower stands beside him. ” – Mark Brouwer
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“A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.” – Max Lucado
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“A reflective reading of history will show that no man ever rose to military greatness who could not convince his troops that he put them first, above all else.” – Gen. Maxwell Taylor
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“A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.” – Ovid
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“All leaders lead by example…whether they intend to or not.” – Unknown
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“All Leadership is influence. ” – John C. Maxwell
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“All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.” – Sir Walter Scott
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“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership. ” – John Kenneth Galbraith
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“All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.” – Albert Einstein
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“All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles have strengthened me…You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” – Walt Disney
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“Always do right. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.” – Mark Twain
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“Always remember, Son, the best boss is the one who bosses the least. Whether it's cattle, or horses, or men; the least government is the best government. ” – Ralph Moody
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“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.” – Publilius Syrus
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“As a leader, you're probably not doing a good job unless your employees can do a good impression of you when you're not around. ” – Patrick Lencioni
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“As a leader…your principal job is to create an operating environment where others can do great things.” – Richard Teerlink
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“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.” – Bill Gates
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“Authority should be seen as a part of leadership, not as a way around it. ” – Michael McKinney
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“Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. ” – Anne Bradstreet
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“Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar.” – Orrin Woodward
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“Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader.” – George S. Patton
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“Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.” – Brian Tracy
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“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” – Jack Welch
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“Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off. ” – Colin Powell
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“Change from the top down happens at the will and whim of those below.” – Peter Block
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“Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership.” – Eric Hoffer
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“Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.” – Winston Churchill
