Inspiring Leadership Quotes (140)That Will Boost Your Spirit | GOOBAYE

Start by learning about leadership if you want to become a leader. These are just a few of my favorite leadership quotes that I believe everyone should hear.

Leadership is about connecting with others and knowing yourself. Understanding who you are and your goals is key to leadership.

Leadership is a key skill that every person will need at some time in their lives.

You're likely to have experienced leadership roles. It can feel like you are always moving upstream.

Leadership skills can be learned, which is a good thing. You can become a better leader and a happier person today.

For your enjoyment, I have compiled a list with the top leadership quotes from some of history's most influential leaders. These quotes are as inspiring and insightful as mine.

Leadership quotes

Your growth will be taken more seriously if you are serious about it. John Maxwell

Failure is the plan of nature to prepare you for great responsibilities. Napoleon Hill

Only if you want to serve, is it possible to aspire to be a leader.

I must be a leader for the people. Are they not my leader? - Benjamin Disraeli

Newton, a scientist who sought to understand why the apple fell, was one of millions who saw it fall. Bernard Baruch

I don't fear an army led by sheep by lions; I fear an army led by sheep by lions. Alexander the Great

We cannot solve the major problems we face with the same thinking that created them. - Einstein

If you are willing to follow, you don't need to be a leader. - Priyanshu Singh

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Don't let the opportunity pass you by. Tom Peters

Good leaders take a little more than their share of the blame and a little less of the credit. - Arnold H. Glasow

Leaders are most effective when people don't even know they exist. When his work is completed, his goal achieved, they will be able to say, "We did it ourselves." - Lao Tzu

Leadership is about producing more leaders and not more followers. Ralph Nader

Open to new possibilities. Let potentiality cross your path. - HR

To get ahead, you must start. Mark Twain

Leaders have to lead his people to places they don't know. Henry Kissinger

Most Famous Leadership Quotes

You can go as far as your eyes will take you; once you reach that point, you'll be able see further. - J. P. Morgan

You can manage people and things. Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions. Harold S. Geneen

Your willingness to take action will determine how much luck you receive. - Barbara Sher

Leaders are those who know the way and follow the path. John Maxwell

Leadership is the ability to turn vision into reality. - Warren Bennis

What we think is what we do. Attitudes reflect the mind. They reflect thought. - David Joseph Schwartz

Leadership is the art and science of convincing someone else to do what you want because he wants it. - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Integrity is the highest quality of leadership. Unknown

People die when there is no vision. - Proverbs

Leaders have the first responsibility to create reality. The last responsibility is to say thanks. Between, the leader is a servant. Max DePree

Leadership is about showing people average how to do the work done by superior people. - John D. Rockefeller

What I have learned is that optimism is an important part of leadership. Bob Iger

Obstacles are what a person sees when his eyes drift from his goal. - E. Joseph Cossman

Management is all about telling and arranging. Leadership is about nurturing people and enhancing their potential. Tom Peters

A great leader will not be someone who is able to do everything himself, or take all the credit. - Andrew Carnegie

My greatest competition is myself to improve. - Coach Wooden

Leadership is a skill and not a gift. It's not something you are born with, but it is something that you can learn. Seth Godin

Inspirational Quotes about Leadership

People will buy into the vision before they buy into its leader. John C. Maxwell

Everybody must believe in something. Believe in yourself if you want to succeed.

Follow me or lead me. General George Patton

Commandants must always do what they ask. General Patton

Leaders should be more concerned about what people do than how they do it. Perrynoble

The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning. - Pele

To be a leader, you don't necessarily need to have a title. Multiple Attributions

Leadership is a powerful combination of strategy, character and strategy. If you cannot have one, don't worry about the strategy. - General Norman Schwarzkopf

Learn from your failures and achieve success. Failure and discouragement are the best stepping stones to success. - Dale Carnegie

Success in your personal & business Life doesn't happen without You. It's available when you are. - Lori Moreno

The speed of the leader determines the speed of his gang. Mary Kay Ash

Passion is the key to great leadership. It's not about position. John Maxwell

It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. It happens once in your life if you're lucky. - Michael Eisner

Leadership is more than making speeches and being liked. Effective leadership is about results, not attributes. Peter Drucker

It will be very difficult for the nation to look up at those leaders who keep their ears to ground. Sir Winston Churchill

We look forward to the next century and leaders will be those that empower others. - Bill Gates

Forgiveness is complete when you don't bring it up to them, don't bring it up to others, and don't bring it up to yourself. Dave Ferguson

Vision can begin anywhere. - Jesse Lyn Stoner

Best Leadership Quotes

The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully. - Jim Rohn

Command is to serve. - Andre Malraux

I am blessed to be a blessing for someone else. Joel Osteen

Leaders must learn to use the problems that will never go away to make progress in the organization. - Andy Stanley

Leaders should be able to communicate with others while being able to motivate them. John C. Maxwell

Leadership is about putting the needs of others first. Management is the discipline and execution of a plan. - Stephen Covey

Influence is the key to leadership success today. Not authority. - Kenneth Blanchard

A ruler should be swift to reward and slow to punish. Ovid

Expect little success if you set small goals. You can achieve great success by setting big goals. - David Joseph Schwartz

It is possible to change the world with a small group of concerned citizens who are thoughtful and caring. It is the only thing that has ever worked. - Margaret Mead

A commander who does not know how to obey the commands of others cannot be one. Aristotle

Leaders without initiative are just workers in leadership positions. - Bo Bennett

It is so exciting to watch a young girl take the world by her lapels. - Maya Angelou

Leaders talk and think about solutions. Followers discuss the problems and think about them. Brian Tracy

When the sea is calm, anyone can take the helm. - Publilius Syrus

I have always stood for principles and measures, not men. - Davy Crockett

Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy. Brian Tracy

Leadership is about helping people do their best. - Chester W. Nimitz

Short Quotes On Leadership

A leader is a dealer in hope. - Napoleon Bonaparte

Uncontrolled pursuit of more is what makes the powerful fall. - Jim Collins

Today, a reader is tomorrow's leader. - Margaret Fuller

Leadership is influence. John C. Maxwell

Every day, be a leader. - Michael Jordan

Leadership is when everyone is not watching. - George Van Valkenburg

Leaders never outgrow the need to change. John Maxwell

Be around people who are better than you.

Growth from within fuels growth from outside. John Maxwell

Talent is a gift. Character is a choice. John Maxwell

High expectations are key to success. Sam Walton

It is a miracle that the more we share, we get. - Leonard Nimoy

Fair weather is not always good. - Thomas Fuller

Never give an order that cannot be followed. - General Douglas MacArthur

Education is the mother of leadership. - Wendell Willkie

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. - John F. Kennedy

Do not find fault. Find a solution. Henry Ford

Show me your friend, and I'll show you your character. - Proverb

I can't think of a better way to lead than by example. - Don Shula

Innovation is the difference between a leader or a follower. - Steve Jobs

You will get far if you speak softly and carry a large stick. Theodore Roosevelt

Great Leadership Quotes

Leadership is only as good and trustworthy as its integrity. Always keep your word. - Jim Rohn

Meeting-loving people should not be in charge. - Thomas Sowell

Don't tell anyone how to do something. You will be amazed at their creativity if you tell them what to do. General George Patton

Leadership is the ability to do the right things. Management is good at doing things. Peter Drucker

Opportunities are only in the work clothes. - Henry J. Kaiser

Be the leader people will follow, even if there is no title or position. Brian Tracy

Leadership is about unlocking the potential of people to be better. - Bill Bradley

You shouldn't just point out where people should go. You can lead by going to the place and making a case. Ken Kesey

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Leadership is all about assembling great teams and knitting them together. - Bill Hybels

Take charge when you are given the command. - Norman Schwarzkopf

Captains would always keep their ship in port if it was his highest goal. - Thomas Aquinas

Leadership is about saying no and not saying yes. It's very easy to say yes. Tony Blair

Leaders must be pragmatic and realistic, but they should also speak the language of visionary & idealist. Eric Hoffer

People will buy into the vision before they buy into their leader. John Maxwell

Good Leadership Quotes For Work

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It is character and listening. George W. Bush

You can either believe you can do something or you don't think you can, then you are right. Henry Ford

Leadership is key to 99 per cent of all success. - Erskine Bowles

If you can't get them to see the light, let them feel the heat. Ronald Reagan

Leadership is solving problems. You have lost your ability to lead soldiers when they stop bringing their problems to you. They are either losing confidence in you or have concluded that you don't care. Both are failures of leadership. - Colin Powell

You are responsible for setting a higher standard than anyone expects. Never excuse yourself. - Henry Ward Beecher

Your actions have a greater impact than your words. - Stephen Covey

Leaders who are exceptional go above and beyond to improve the self-esteem of their employees. It's amazing what people can achieve if they believe in themselves. Sam Walton

What happens to a man is not experience. It is what a person does with the things that happen to him. Aldous Huxley

My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence. General Montgomery

Leadership is about being strong but not rude, being kind but not smug, being bold but not bullying, being thoughtful but not lazy, being humble but not timid, proud but not arrogant, and having humor without being foolish. - Jim Rohn