Famous Leadership Quotes

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Great collection of 20 leadership quotes by Winston Churchill, Napoleon Hill, Andrew Carnegie, Vince Lombardi and more. Get inspired and learn from these famous and great leaders.

Famous Leadership Quotes 

Winston Churchill

Mountaintops inspire leaders but valleys mature them.1 point

Dwight Eisenhower

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.0 points

Ray Kroc- Founder of McDonald's

The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.0 points

Kenneth Blanchard

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.0 points

George S. Patton

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.0 points

George S. Patton

Lead, follow or get out of the way!0 points

Arthur F Carmazzi

Leadership is not about changing the mindset of a group, but in the cultivation of an environment that brings out the best and inspires the individuals in that group.0 points

Colin Powell

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.0 points

Winston Churchill

The price of greatness is responsibility.0 points

Andrew Carnegie

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.0 points

Ross Perot

Lead and inspire people. Don't try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be led.0 points

Theodore Roosevelt

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. . . . The leader works in the open, and the boss is covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.0 points

Henry Miller

A real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.0 points

Ronald Reagan

A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must be undaunted when the going gets tough.0 points

Sam Walton- Founder of Walmart

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.0 points

Eleanor Roosevelt

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.0 points

Walt Disney

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating the talents of those who work for us and pointing them toward a certain goal.0 points

Napoleon Hill

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.0 points

Vince Lombardi

The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.0 points

Vince Lombardi

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.0 points

John Maxwell

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.0 points

Woodrow Wilson

The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.0 points

Stephen Covey

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.0 points

Ronald Reagan

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out.0 points

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