Greatest Leadership Quotes

Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.

Brian Tracy

Inspirational, Leadership, Thinking

FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Mar 12, 2013

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A leader is best when people barely know that he exists.

Witter Bynner

Leadership, People, Boss

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The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.

John Buchan

Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

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The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.

Jim Rohn

Leadership, Being Strong, Business

FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Sep 24, 2016

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Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.

Sam Walton

Motivational, Leadership, Educational

Attributed in "The 101 Greatest Business Principles of All Time" by Leslie Pockell, November 23, 2004.

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Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.

Harry S. Truman

Change, Leadership, Men

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A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

George S. Patton

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - which is: Try to please everybody.

Herbert Bayard Swope

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Inspirational, Strength, Success

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Colin Powell

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.

Pat Riley

Leadership, Basketball, Motivational Sports

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Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

Albert Schweitzer

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

Albert Schweitzer, William Larimer Mellon (1996). “Brothers in Spirit: The Correspondence of Albert Schweitzer and William Larimer Mellon, Jr”, p.18, Syracuse University Press

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No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.

Abraham Lincoln

Leadership, Witty, Men

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Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

Norman Schwarzkopf

Leadership, Business, Character

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The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. They don't think 'I'. They think 'we'; they think 'team'.

Tom Peters

Leadership, Teamwork, Kids

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Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.

Brian Tracy

Leadership, Helping Others, People

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You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

Theodore Hesburgh

Leadership, Blow, Common Vision

Interview with Philip Scarpino, tobiascenter.iu.edu. January 6, 2009.

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Leaders aren't born they are made.

Vince Lombardi

Inspirational, Leadership, Discipline

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I can't give you the sunset, but I can give you the night.

Erin McCarthy

Success, Leadership, Sunset

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The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.

Max De Pree

Leadership, Responsibility, Reality

Max De Pree (1987). “Leadership is an Art”, Doubleday Business

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Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

Bill Gates

Leadership, Business, Motivation

Bill Gates (2009). “Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy”, p.86, Hachette UK

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In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still.

Harry S. Truman

Change, Leadership, Future Leaders

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Leaders are not born, they're made.

Vince Lombardi

Leadership, Discipline, Effort

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Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant.

Zig Ziglar

Leadership, Strong, Humble

FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Dec 27, 2013

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