Famous Quotes on Leadership

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Teamwork makes the dream work.
- John C. Maxwell

All great leaders are readers.

My team is always hungry.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way.

Avarage leaders raise the bar on themselves. Good leaders raise the bar for others. Great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar.
- Orrin Woodward

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and follower.
- Steve Jobs

Hire character. Train skill.
- Peter Schutz

You won't get much done if you grind only on the days you feel good.

The man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
- James Crook

If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
- Seneca

Show me the man you honor and I will know what kind of man you are.
- Thomas John Carlisle

You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.
- Sam Rayburn

If leadership has come to be known as something much bigger than us, aligned to changing the world, then we are spending way too much time celebrating things that hardly anyone can do and not celebrating things we can do every day.
- Drew Dudley

Leaders are people who believe so passionately that they can seduce other people into sharing their dream.
- Warren Bennis

We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.
- Sheryl Sandberg

To lead people, walk beside them. As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence … When the best leader’s work is done, the people say, ‘We did it ourselves!
- Lao Tzu

The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
- John C. Maxwell

My jobs as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they’re having a meaningful impact.
- Larry Page

Communication is the most important skill any leader can possess.
- Richard Branson

True leadership lies in guiding others to success--in ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.
- Bill Owens

In every battle, there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten; then, he who continues the attack wins.
- General Ulysses S. Grant

Leaders need to provide strategy and direction and to give employees the tools that enable them to gather information and insight from around the world. Leaders shouldn’t try to make every decision.
- Bill Gates

Being humble doesn’t mean that you lack self-confidence, or that you never stand up for your own opinions or principles. It does mean recognizing that you don’t know everything – and that you’re willing to learn from others.
- Justin Bariso

The task of the leader is to get their people from where they are to where they have not been.
- Henry Kissinger

Of all the things I’ve done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.
- Walt Disney

Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.
- Sheryl Sanberg

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.
- Colin Powell

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.
- Arnold H. Glasow

Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

Make more moves and less announcements.

Be the kind of leader that you would follow.

Be the kind of leader that  you would follow.