Leadership Quotes

"Be the leader you wish you had."

- Simon Sinek

"One of the keys to good leadership is good followership."

- James Cameron

"Innovation does not entail having new ideas, but rather getting rid of old beliefs."

- Bertrand Piccard

"Safe is the new risky."

- Kathy Klotz

"Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future."

- Deepak Chopra

"Only if we understand will we care. Only if we care will we help. Only if we help will we all be saved."

- Jane Goodall

"Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself."

- Gloria Steinem

"You can’t change conditions. Just the way you deal with them."

- Jessica Watson

"The main thing about being ‘heroic’ is helping others."

- Sarinya Srisakul

"You must figure out your own destination and the best route to get there because no one else knows the way."

- Nadia Comaneci

"If it’s a good idea, go ahead and do it."

- Grace Hopper

"If you have to choose between an easy thing and a hard thing, the hard one’s usually a lot more fun."

- Samantha Cristoforetti

"If you’re lucky enough to be different, don’t ever change."

- Khoudia Diop

"Never be afraid to be a poppy in a field of daffodils."

- Michaela Deprince

"You manage things; you lead people."

- Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper

"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

"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."

- Douglas MacArthur

"The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion."

- Reverend Theodore Hesburgh

"Leadership is influence."

- John C. Maxwell

"You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case."

- Ken Kesey

"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week."

- George Patton

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

- General Colin Powell

"Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts."

- Erskine Bowles

"For a leader, getting results is more important than getting credit."

"Sales enablement can’t be reactive. It has to be a full-blown strategy that’s woven into the fabric of the company."

"Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It’s about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers."

"Outstanding leaders go out of the way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish."

"One of the most important things for any leader is to never let anyone else define who you are. And you define who you are. I never think of myself as being a woman CEO of this company. I think of myself as a steward of a great institution."

"Knowing what must be done does away with fear."

"The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it."