Leadership Quotes

"The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin's."

- President Harry S Truman

"Leadership within your team does not require holding an official title."

- Robin Sharma

"For the sake of all that we ourselves hold dear, and of the world’s order and peace, it is unthinkable that we should refuse to meet the challenge. It is to this high purpose that I now call my people at home and my peoples across the seas, who will make our cause their own. I ask them to stand calm and firm, and united in this time of trial."

- Colin Firth

"“It follows then, as certain as that night succeeds the day, that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious.”"

- President George Washington

"“You may fire when you are ready Gridley.”"

- Commodore George Dewey

"You don't become hokage to be acknowledged by everyone. The one who is acknowledged by everyone becomes the hokage."

- Itachi Uchiha

"You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people."

- Cornel West, philosopher and author

"I've led a school whose faculty and students examine and discuss and debate every aspect of our law and legal system. And what I've learned most is that no one has a monopoly on truth or wisdom. I've learned that we make progress by listening to each other, across every apparent political or ideological divide."

- Elena Kagan, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

"The trouble with organizing a thing is that pretty soon folks get to paying more attention to the organization than to what they're organized for."

- Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the “Little House on the Prairie” series

"I have three precious things, which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men."

- Lao Tsu, Chinese philosopher

"Great leaders harness personal courage, capture the hearts and minds of others and empower new leaders to make the world a better place."

- Maxine Driscoll, Founder Think Strategic

"To me, a leader is someone who holds her- or himself accountable for finding potential in people and processes."

- Brene Brown, author and researcher

"Be able to delegate, because there are some things that you just can’t do by yourself."

- Meghan Markle

"Purpose-driven organizations bound by values are stronger than profit-driven organizations bound by rules."

- Alexander Den Heijer

"A leader’s role is to raise people’s aspirations for what they can become and to release their energies so they will try to get there."

- David Gergen

"Leadership is the capacity to influence others through inspiration, motivated by passion, generated by vision, produced by a conviction, ignited by a purpose."

- Myles Munroe

"The purpose of leadership is not to make the present bearable. The purpose of leadership is to make the future possible."

- Joan Chittister

"In leadership, you gotta love people first. Love the position second."

- Janna Cachola

"TO LEAD A HAPPY LIFE, FOLLOW YOURSELF AND TO LEAD A SUCCESSFUL LIFE, FOLLOW PEOPLE."

- P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

"Leading is about people and their wellbeing the first foundation to the organisations wellbeing."

- Janna Cachola

"The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it is in marking winners out of ordinary people"

- Patricia Cross

"Bad libraries build collections, good libraries build services, great libraries build communities."

- R. David Lankes

"A leader must see the external opportunities and the internal capability and culture--and all of the connections among them--and respond to them before they become obvious parts of the conventional wisdom."

- Satya Nadella

"Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence. If you’re in control, they’re in control."

- Tom Landry

"The true leader is always led."

- Carl Gustav Jung

"Competing at the highest level is not about winning. It's about preparation, courage, understanding and nurturing your people, and heart. Winning is the result."

- Joe Torre

"Speak softly but carry a big stick"

"I don't like to be bossy, but I have leadership skills."

"Leaders are early"

"Leadership. It's not just a big boat; it's a way of life."