Famous Leadership Quotes:

“Remember the difference between a boss and a leader; a boss says "Go!" - a leader says "Let's go!" -- E. M. Kelly, Author





“True leadership must be for the benefit of the followers, not the enrichment of the leaders.” -- Robert Townsend, Author

“Successful leaders have the courage to take action while others hesitate.” -- John Maxwell, Leadership Author and Speaker 

“Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.” -- Tom Landry, Famous Football Coach

“Leadership is Action, not position.” -- Donald H McGannon, Television Broadcasting Executive

“Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.” -- Tom Peters, Author and Speaker

“In simplest terms, a leader is one who knows where he wants to go, and gets up, and goes.” -- John Erskine, Columia Professor and Author

“A leader leads by example not by force.” -- Sun Tzu, in The Art of War

“Your rewards, both tangible and intangible, will always be equal to the value of your service to other people.” -- Brian Tracy, Author and Speaker

“A real leader faces the music, even when he doesn't like the tune.” -- Unknown Author

“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.” -- Bill Gates, Founder of Microsoft

“Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.” -- Ross Perot, Businessman

“Leaders who can stay optimistic and upbeat, even under intense pressure, radiate the positive feelings that create resonance. By staying in control of their feelings and impulses, they craft an environment of trust, comforts and fairness. And that self-management has a trickle down effect from the leader.” -- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“When a leader is upbeat in the face of discouraging circumstances, others admire that quality and want to be like her.” -- John Maxwell, Leadership Author and Speaker

“Leaders aren’t born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.” -- Vince Lombardi, Famous Pro Football Coach

“Money always flows to the leader. If you want more money, simply become more of a leader.” -- Rich Dad from Rich Dad, Poor Dad

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” -- John Quincy Adams, Founding Father

“People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.” -- John Maxwell, Leadership Author and Speaker

Leaders and Managers are different, managers ask How? Leaders ask Why? Managers say, "Do!", Leaders say "Let us Do" -- Doug Firebaugh, Network Marketer and Trainer

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” -- John C. Maxwell, Author and Speaker

“A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.” -- Jim Rohn, America’s Business Philosopher

“A leader is a dealer in hope.” -- Napoleon Bonaparte, French Military and Political Leader

“The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way.” -- Henry Miller, American Writer

“Usually the person who rises within an organization has a good attitude. The promotions did not give that individual an outstanding attitude, but an outstanding attitude resulted in promotions.” -- John Maxwell, Leadership Author and Speaker

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." -- John Quincy Adams, Founding Father

“A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.” -- Arnold H. Glasow, Humorist, Publisher, and Author

“Leadership is earned ... Not Proclaimed.” -- Charlie Tremendous Jones, Self Help Author and Motivational Speaker

“A sense of responsibility is the clearest indication of mature leadership.” -- John Maxwell, Leadership Author and Speaker

“What creates trust, in the end, is the leader’s manifest respect for the followers.” -- Jim O’Toole, Author and Management Theorist

“A leader, once convinced a particular course of action is the right one, must have the determination to stick with it and be undaunted when the going gets rough.” -- Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the USA

“People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives” -- Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the USA and Adventurer

“Leadership has a higher calling, a higher destiny, and a higher Path for Life.” -- Doug Firebaugh, Network Marketer and Trainer

"There are no traffic jams along the extra mile." -- Roger Staubach, Pro Football Quarterback

“The boss drives people; the leader coaches them. The boss depends on authority; the leader on good will. The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm. The boss says I; The leader says WE. The boss fixes the blame for the breakdown; the leader fixes the breakdown. The boss says, GO; the leader says Lets GO!” -- Harold J. Seymour, Author and Fundraiser

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” -- John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the USA

“I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not followers.” -- Ralph Nader, Author, Activist and Politician

“Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average.” -- Jim Rohn, America’s Business Philosopher

“A big man is one who makes us feel bigger when we are with him.” -- John C. Maxwell, Author and Speaker

"Every man dies. Not every man truly lives." -- from the movie Braveheart

“Lead, follow, or get out of the way.” -- Thomas Paine, Founding Father

“Real leaders are simply ordinary people with extraordinary determinations.” -- John Seaman Garns, Author

“Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.” -- Tom Peters, American Author

“The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.” -- Warren Bennis, American Scholar, Organizational Consultant and Author

“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, Founder of Wal-Mart

“Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.” -- H. Ross Perot, American Businessman

“Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.” -- Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the USA and Adventurer

“A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle” -- James Keller, Catholic Priest and T.V. Show Producer

“Eagles don't flock - you have to find them one at a time.” -- H. Ross Perot, Entrepreneur and Businessman

Friends will tell you what you want to hear. A Mentor will tell you what you need to hear. A Friend wants to keep you as you are. A Mentor wants you to be who You can Become! -- John Di Lemme, Network Marketing Trainer and Coach

”A friend of mine characterizes leaders simply like this: "Leaders don't inflict pain. They bear pain.” -- Max DePree, Author

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” -- Winston Churchill, English Politician, Leader and Author

“Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear." -- John Madden, Famous American Football Coach and Broadcaster

“One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.” -- Arnold H. Glasow, Humorist, Publisher, and Author

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse when they despise him. But of a good leader who talks little when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say, we did it ourselves.” -- Mahatma Gandhi, India’s Independence Leader

"The unique ability to take decisive action while maintaining focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.” -- Robert Kiyosaki, Entrepreneur, Businessman and Author

“Leadership is communicating to people their worth and potential so clearly that they come to see it in themselves.” -- Stephen Covey, Author and Speaker

“Great leaders get people to think more of themselves, not more of the leader.” -- Peter Burwash, Tennis Coach, Author, and Motivational Speaker

“Leaders must know where they are going if they expect others to willingly join them on the journey.” -- Kouzes & Posner, The Leadership Challenge

“Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning.” -- Winston Churchill, English Leader & Politician

“Change is inevitable. Progress is optional.” -- Unknown Author