Leadership Quotes

"Accountability is the measure of a leaders height."

- Jeffrey Benjamin

"Make yourself accountable and your employees will hold themselves to a high standard."

- David J. Greer

"Responsibility equals accountability, accountability equals ownership, and a sense of ownership is the most powerful thing a team or organization can have."

- Pat Summitt

"I think as a leader, you just take accountability. That’s what leadership is. Leadership is taking accountability yourself and holding others to the same standard, regardless of what’s going on."

- Jason Kelce

"You can’t talk about leadership without talking about responsibility and accountability… you can’t separate the two. A leader must delegate responsibility and provide the freedom to make decisions, and then be held accountable for the results."

- Buck Rodgers

"Having authority implies accountability. If you reject the blame for failures under your watch, people reject your leadership."

- Rick Warren

"I think the summation of Coach Vigil is that he is a coaches' coach, and there are very few of those in this business. The ultimate compliment that any coach has is that you have a go-to person -- and we call those mentors. But then you have a person like Coach Vigil, who is a step ahead of the vast majority of coaches in the United States."

- Lance Harter

"Courage is contagious. A critical mass of brave leaders is the foundation of an intentionally courageous culture. Every time we are brave with our lives, we make the people around us a little braver and our organizations bolder and stronger."

- Brené Brown

"Brave leaders are never silent around hard things."

- Brené Brown

"We desperately need more leaders who are committed to courageous, wholehearted leadership and who are self-aware enough to lead from their hearts, rather than unevolved leaders who lead from hurt and fear."

- Brené Brown

"A leader is anyone who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes."

- Brené Brown

"Daring leaders work to make sure people can be themselves and feel a sense of belonging."

- Brené Brown

"Who we are is how we lead."

- Brené Brown

"Daring leaders are never silent about hard things."

- Brené Brown

"Daring leadership is a collection of four skill sets that are 100% teachable."

- Brené Brown

"Armored leadership is about being a knower and being right. Daring leadership is about learning and getting it right."

- Brené Brown

"Creating something new is the difficult part. To make it and build it and get everyone to follow? Amazing."

- Jürgen Klopp

"Do I get along with my co-workers? Well, first of all, I don't have co-workers anymore, I have subordinates."

- Dwight Schrute

"Public honor results in private influence."

- Thomas Griffin

"Care personally and challenge directly."

- Thomas Griffin

"People rarely act on what they cannot understand, so if you want someone to take action, be clear rather than clever."

- Thomas Griffin

""Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example rather than his advice.""

- Charles F. Kettering

"It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well."

- Albus Dumbledore

"The beauty of standing up for your rights is others see you standing and stand up as well."

- Cassandra Duffy

"Leadership is not bullying and leadership is not aggression. Leadership is the expectation that you can use your voice for good, that you can make the world a better place."

- Sheryl Sandberg

"Do Not Follow Where The Path May Lead. Go Instead Where There Is No Path And Leave A Trail."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Not all leaders are readers, but all readers are leaders."

- Harry Truman

"There is no finish line to leadership."

"Believe in your strength, for you were born to inspire and lead, dear son."

"Within the mirror is a leader, waiting to rise."