Leadership Quotes

"Don’t dismiss the fact that we’re always recruiting. So when those high school kids that are on recruiting trips see this kind of stuff, it’s… One of the big fellas just said, ‘Hey man it’s different. This is straight-up different here.’"

- Deion Sanders

"I think he supersedes Peyton Manning but let's not throw Tom Brady in the category with Joe Montana, who was 4-for-4. He's royalty."

- Deion Sanders

"There’s no class to manage people. There’s no class to teach on how to handle millions. There’s no class to teach us how to manage time."

- Deion Sanders

"I don’t pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good wages."

- Robert Bosch

"On the Wednesday evening - that is, the day I saw her Majesty on this particular point - I had the opportunity of conferring with all those whom I proposed to submit to her Majesty as Ministers."

- Robert Peel

"I would say that my role model, as far as just somebody leading by example, which to me is what a great youth counselor does - they are there to talk to and lead by example - would be my mom, but she wasn't a youth counselor. She was a teacher, and she is a good person and definitely one of the biggest influences in my life."

- Carrie Underwood

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation."

- John Wooden

"The higher you want to climb, the more you need leadership. The greater the impact you want to make, the greater your influence needs to be. Whatever you will accomplish is restricted by your ability to lead others."

- John C. Maxwell

"I can come out and lead a team defensively, pressure the ball, do what you need me to do. And offensively, I've been able to score."

- De'Aaron Fox

"Leaders are like eagles - they don't flock. You find them one at a time."

- Knute Rockne

"If you help elect more gay people, that gives a green light to all who feel disenfranchised a green light to move forward."

- Harvey Milk

"Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people."

- John D. Rockefeller

"I was forced to learn a lot about psychology as a player, and as a captain to get the best out of others. There’s still a lot of scepticism about it in sport and the workplace, but dealing with fluctuations of form, and pressure, and being away from home is more important than your cover drive."

- Andrew Strauss

"Don't follow your friends off a bridge; lead them. This would have been my high school yearbook quote, had they accepted it."

- SignificantView1671

"Leader is not a title that the world gives to you — it’s an offering that you give to the world."

- Abby Wambach

"Lead from the back, and let others believe they are in front."

- Nelson Mandela

"Now let me make it clear that I believe there can only be one defense policy for the United States, and that is summed up in the word 'first.' I do not mean first, but. I do not mean first, when. I do not mean first, if. I mean first—period."

- John F. Kennedy

"A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honours, the men it remembers."

- John F. Kennedy

"A world where people do not care about the quality of their experience is not a good world for Apple. A world where people care about those details and want to complain about them is the world where our values shine."

- Craig Federighi

"Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It's about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others' success, and then standing back and letting them shine."

- Chris Hadfield

"There is a troublesome humor some men have, that if they may not lead, they will not follow; but had rather a thing were never done, than not done their own way, tho’ other ways very desirable."

- William Penn

"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

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

- Grace Hopper

"Readers are leaders. If the clothes you wear are more expensive than the books you read, then you are not ready for greatness."

"Leadership Is About What You Do Not What You Say"

"To my fearless leader, Happy Birthday! May this year bring you courage and wisdom as you continue to inspire those around you with your strength and vision."

"Primus inter Pares (first among equals)"

"Non ducor, duco."

"Praesis ut prosis ne ut imperes."