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Leadership Quotes

“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” ~Warren Buffett

“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” ~Michael Jordan
“Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.” ~Peter Drucker
“Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.” ~Brian Tracy
“Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.” ~General George Patton
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leaders.” ~John Quincy Adams

“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” ~Theodore Roosevelt
“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.” ~Bill Gates
“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.” ~Andrew Carnegie
“I really think a championis defined not by their wins, but by how they can recover when they fall.” ~Serena Williams

“Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.” ~Dwight D. Eisenhower
“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
“I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” ~Ralph Nader
“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt
“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” ~John Maxwell
“A leader is a dealer in hope.” ~Napoleon Bonaparte
“It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.” ~Charles Darwin

“Clients do not come first. Employees come first. If you take care of your employees, they will take care of the clients.” ~Richard Branson
“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.” ~Martin Luther King Jr.
“I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work.” ~Harry S. Truman
“Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.” ~Vince Lombardi
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ~Maya Angelou

“Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.” ~Peter Drucker
“Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.” ~Seth Godin
“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
“To be a great champion, you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.” ~Muhammad Ali

“We are constantly auditing our supply chain. Making sure that safety standards are – are, you know, are the highest. We’re making sure that working conditions are the highest.” ~Tim Cook
“The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.” ~Warren Bennis
“It is better to lead from behind and put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.” ~Nelson Mandela

“A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.” ~Douglas MacArthur
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” ~Helen Keller
Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.” ~Colin Powell