Leadership Quotes

"Someone will declare, ‘I am the leader!’ and expect everyone to get in line and follow him or her to the gates of heaven or hell. My experience is that it doesn’t happen that way. Others follow you based on the quality of your actions rather than the magnitude of your declarations."

- Bill Walsh

"When you can’t find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example."

- Roxane Gay

"An excellent leader must be passionate because it’s their duty to keep everyone moving forward."

- Nico Yazawa

"In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders."

- Sheryl Sandberg

"It is past time for women to take their rightful place, side by side with men, in the rooms where the fates of peoples, where their children’s and grandchildren’s fates, are decided."

- Hillary Clinton

"Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country."

- Margaret Thatcher

"The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and not until then, will there be the perfect comradeship, the ideal union between the sexes that shall result in the highest development of the race."

- Susan B. Anthony

"The king may rule the kingdom, but it’s the queen who moves the board."

- D.M. Timney

"A good teacher isn’t someone who gives the answers out to their kids but is understanding of needs and challenges and gives tools to help other people succeed."

- Justin Trudeau

"The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there."

- John Buchan

"Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you."

- Margaret Thatcher

"Leaders live by choice, not by accident."

- Mark Gorman

"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

"The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants and associates smarter than they are."

- John C. Maxwell

"The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers."

- Ralph Nader

"The leader leads, and the boss drives."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"Example is leadership."

- Albert Schweitzer

"Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person."

- Mother Teresa

"A leader is someone who demonstrates what’s possible."

- Mark Yarnell

"An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"We are the change that we seek."

- Barack Obama

"A woman is like a tea bag – you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me."

- Ayn Rand

"True leaders understand that leadership is not about them but about those they serve."

- Simon Sinek

"Great leaders are willing to sacrifice their own personal interests for the good of the team."

- John Wooden

"He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader."

- Aristotle

"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less."

- C. S. Lewis

"A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd."

- Max Lucado

"A great leader’s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position."

- John C. Maxwell

"Leadership is not about being the best. It’s about making everyone else better."