Leadership Quotes

"The art of communication is the most important skill any leader can possess."

- Richard Branson

"You need to set a tone at the top that inspires trust – and encourages open and honest 2-way communication. So you hear the brutal facts, and you listen to the good news and the bad news – so that, in the spirit of continuous improvement, you can make changes."

- Denise Morrison

"Leadership is not about being in charge. It's about taking care of those in your charge."

- Simon Sinek

"I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles, but today, it means getting along with people."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"Being able to effectively communicate is the most important skill any leader can possess."

- Richard Branson

"Becoming the Hokage doesn't mean people will acknowledge you. But when the people acknowledge you, you can become the Hokage. Never forget your friends!"

- Itachi Uchiha

"In the ninja world, those who break the rules and laws are regarded as scum, but those who would abandon even one of their friends are even worse than scum. I'm gonna be trash anyway, so I choose to break the rules. And if that doesn't make me a true ninja...then I'll crush this so-called "ninja"!!"

- Obito Uchiha

"Authentic leaders are real and genuine. They acknowledge their shortcomings and admit their errors, which enables them to connect with others and inspire teammates. Their leadership is built on their character and values, as they embrace the vital experiences that shape them, and are comfortable in their skin."

- Bill George

"You can’t be a good leader without self-awareness. It lies at the root of strong character, giving us the ability to lead with a sense of purpose, authenticity, openness, and trust."

- Anthony Tjan

"A life of significance is about serving those who need your gifts, your leadership, your purpose."

- Kevin Hall

""Events of October 1962 indicated, as they had all through history, that control of the sea means security. Control of the seas can mean peace. Control of the seas can mean victory. The United States must control the seas if it is to protect your security…""

- President John F. Kennedy

"Leadership is absolutely vital if there are comparable countries which can affect the security of the world you live in. Between Lincoln and Roosevelt's time, America was protected by huge oceans and, in practice, by the British navy. Today, it's different, and the obsession of the Obama administration has been for retrenchment."

- Henry Kissinger

"Okay, anybody on our side hiding any shocking and fantastic abilities they'd like to disclose? I'm open to suggestions."

- Iron Man

"You always want your people to be proud of what you have accomplished."

- Dolly Parton

"Real leadership comes from the quiet nudging of an inner voice. It comes from realizing that the time has come to move beyond waiting to doing."

- Madeleine Albright

"‘I speak now for Gnorre Nithing because he not a man to speak for himself. He is a warrior and a viking, not a talker about firesides.’ Thorkell smiled up at him gently, ‘What right have you to speak for another man, Aun Doorback?’ he said. ‘The best right of all, Master Goldhair,’ said Aun. ‘It was my brother that Gnorre killed.‘"

- Henry Treece

"The exploration of space will go ahead, whether we join in it or not, and it is one of the great adventures of all time, and no nation which expects to be the leader of other nations can expect to stay behind in the race for space."

- John F. Kennedy

"The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office."

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Those who came before us made certain that this country rode the first waves of the industrial revolutions, the first waves of modern invention, and the first wave of nuclear power, and this generation does not intend to founder in the backwash of the coming age of space. We mean to be a part of it–we mean to lead it. For the eyes of the world now look into space, to the moon and to the planets beyond, and we have vowed that we shall not see it governed by a hostile flag of conquest, but by a banner of freedom and peace. We have vowed that we shall not see space filled with weapons of mass destruction, but with instruments of knowledge and understanding. Space travel is life."

- John F. Kennedy

"It can be done!"

- General Colin Powell

"If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one of them would remain in the army."

- Frederick the Great

"It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions."

- Daniel Defoe

"I can't expect loyalty from the army if I do not give it."

- George C. Marshall

"I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep."

- Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

"Unselfishness, as far as you are concerned means simply this – you will put first the honour and interests of your country and your regiment; next you will put the safety, well-being and comfort of your men; and last – and last all the time – you will put your own interest, your own safety, your own comfort."

- Field Marshal Sir Bill Slim

"People think that the follower serves the leader. But that isn’t true. The leader and the follower both serve the mission."

- Ira Chaleff

"People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision."

- John Maxwell

"Leadership is that mixture of example, persuasion and compulsion which makes men do what you want them to do. If I were asked to define leadership, I should say it is the ‘Projection of Personality’. It is the most intensely personal thing in the world, because it is just plain you."

- Field Marshal Sir Bill Slim

"मिसाल क़ायम करने के लिए, अपना रास्ता स्वयं बनाना होता है।"

"तरक्कियों की दौड़ में उसी का जोर चल गया बना के रास्ता जो भीड़ से निकल गया।"