Leadership Quotes

"Leaders are made by the day–to–day practice and fine tuning of leadership talents, because leading is an art as well, is a science and best developed by application. Leaders are made by the steady acquisition of professional knowledge and by the development of 24–karat character during the course of a career. The professional knowledge of leaders is essential to sound teaching and to improve the proficiency as well as readiness of units. Personal and professional excellence...you can’t do one without the other...they are all wrapped up in the word ’ character’."

- GEN John Wickham, Jr.

"A leader's job is to look into the future, and to see the organization not as it is...but as it can become."

- Successories

"The military value of a partisan’s work is not measured by the amount of property destroyed, or the number of men killed or captured, but the number he keeps watching."

- John Singleton Mosby

"I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations."

- Queen Elizabeth II

"To be ‘in charge’ is certainly not only to carry out the proper measures yourself, but to see that everyone else does so too."

- Florence Nightingale

"I feel this great responsibility to see how far can we take it, how out of reach can I set that bar for whoever comes after. While I'm here, I'm gonna keep pushing that bar higher and higher up and make you really work for it."

- Drake

"You don’t need to be loud. You just need to be commanding."

- Rebecca Welton

"Just as the queen bee, the highest-ranking, peerless creature of her hive, is surrounded by lowly drones to please her, whereas the workers produce honey, the same way is the one who sits on the throne an equal only to himself, and no one’s companion."

- Franz Grillparzer

"Being a cheerleader to me is being a role model for others."

- Emily Chavez

"In order to lead anyone, you have to have their respect, and your respect is earned, not demanded."

- Coach Monica Aldama

"Anything that I expected from my athletes, I expected from myself even more."

- Coach Monica Aldama

"A successful cheerleading coach has the ability to drive kids to do better every day, not in just their sport, but in everyday life."

- Coach Sam

"Behind every successful team is a cheerleader who motivates, supports, and believes in their potential."

- John C. Maxwell

"I will look, your Honor, and endeavor to find a precedent, if you require it; though it would seem to be a pity that the Court should lose the honor of being the first to establish so just a rule."

- Rufus Choate

"Without inspirational leadership teams will fail to survive."

- Orrin Woodward

"Leadership requires respect and inspiration, not physical aggression."

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led."

- Warren Bennis

"Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things."

- Jesse Jackson

"If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings-and put compensation as a carrier behind it-you almost don’t have to manage them."

- Jack Welch

"We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you."

- Mary Kay Ash

"Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it. Look for people who will aim for the remarkable, who will not settle for the routine."

- David Ogilvy

"Leading people is the most challenging and, therefore, the most gratifying undertaking of all human endeavors."

- Jocko Willink

"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

"Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work."

- Earl Nightingale

"No man is a leader until his appointment is ratified in the minds and hearts of his men."

"The kind of leadership available to an organization is a principal factor in its operation. So far as armies are concerned the quality of leadership determines their success. Indeed it often determines their survival."

"...I submit to you that leaders will never be more or less than their soldiers’ evaluation of them. This is the true efficiency report. From most of your troops you can expect courage to match your courage, guts to match your guts, endurance to match your endurance, motivation to match your motivation, esprit to match your esprit, a desire for achievement to match your desire for achievement. You can expect a love of God, a love of country and a love of duty and they won’t mind the heat if you sweat with them, and they won’t mind the cold if you shiver with them. You see, you don’t accept the troops, they were there first. They accept you And when they do, you’ll know. They won’t beat drums, wave flags, or carry you off the drill field on their shoulders, but you’ll know. You see, your orders will appoint you to command. No orders, letters, no insignia of rank can appoint you as a leader. Leadership is an intangible thing. Leadership is developed within yourselves and you’ll get stronger as you go."

"Success is not just about what you accomplish, but what you inspire others to do."

"She is a trailblazer, carving her own path in a world that tries to confine her."

"She is a leader, inspiring others to embrace their own independence and strive for greatness."