34 Quotes To Show Us How Leadership Should Be Really Like

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Leadership is not about popularity and position; it's about influence and empowerment. Every organization needs a leader that drives its members to achieve great value. Here are 34 powerful quotes to keep you inspired as a leader:

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“Not the cry, but the flight of a wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.” -Chinese Proverb

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“Leadership is an action, not a position.” -Donald McGannon

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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

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“Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.” -John C. Maxwell

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“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.” -Mother Teresa

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“The price of greatness is responsibility.” -Winston Churchill

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“Successful leaders see the opportunities in every difficulty rather than the difficulty in every opportunity.” -Reed Markham

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“Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.” -John F. Kennedy

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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

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“When you are just existing, life happens to you… and you manage; when you are truly living, you happen to life… and you lead.” -Steve Maraboli

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“Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower

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“I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” -Jimmy Dean

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“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.” -Bill Gates

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“If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.” -G. Patton

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“Lead by inspiration, not intimidation.” -Rebecca Aguilar

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“If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.” -William James

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“The smartest thing I ever did was to hire my weakness.” -Sara Blakely

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“A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.” -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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“Whatever you are, be a good one.” -Abraham Lincoln

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“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

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“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” -John C. Maxwell

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“Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.” -John Zenger

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“There are three essentials to leadership: humility, clarity and courage.” -Fuchan Yuan

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“Leadership is influence.” -John C. Maxwell

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“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” -Jack Welch

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“Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.” -Tom Peters

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“Lead and inspire people. Don't try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be lead.” -Ross Perot

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“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” -Warren Bennis

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“Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.” -Peter Drucker

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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 Swope

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“The art of leadership… consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will split up that attention.” -Adolf Hitler

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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

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“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” -John Quincy Adams

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“A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.” -Max Lucado




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