FREE Leadership Quote Templates

Mao Zedong - The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out a central line to resolve it.

Indra Nooyi - Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader.

Jack Ma - The world needs new leadership, but the new leadership is about working together.

Chinua Achebe - A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.

N. R. Narayana Murthy - Leadership is about doing the right thing, even if it going against a vast number of naysayers and mediocre people.

Carlos Ghosn - The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.

Kyrie Irving - One thing that somebody told me is that leadership is a lonely role - some people can do it, and some people can't.

Chip Conley - At the heart of great leadership is a curious mind, heart, and spirit.

David Novak - The Vatican's recognition of the State of Israel in 1997 could not have occurred without John Paul's leadership.

Jacinda Ardern - Taking on a leadership role doesn't mean that you only have to be personally ambitious.

Marian Anderson - Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it.

Robin S. Sharma - Leadership is not a popularity contest; it's about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title.

Justin Trudeau - Leadership is inspiring extraordinary people to step up and serve their country.

Jeffrey Gitomer - Management's job is to convey leadership's message in a compelling and inspiring way. Not just in meetings, but also by example.

Jeff Bezos - Market leadership can translate directly to higher revenue, higher profitability, greater capital velocity, and correspondingly stronger returns on invested capital.

Tony Dungy - The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better.

Andy Grove - Leaders have to act more quickly today. The pressure comes much faster.

Harold S. Geneen - Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.

Henry Kissinger - A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

John C. Maxwell - Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

Ken Blanchard - The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

Ralph Nader - The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

Bill Owens - True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.

Theodore Hesburgh - The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

Seth Berkley - Leadership is about vision and responsibility, not power.

Norman Schwarzkopf - Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

Theodore Roosevelt - People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

Lao Tzu - When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves’.

Warren Bennis - Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.

Simon Sinek - Leadership is not about the next election, it's about the next generation.

Harvey S. Firestone - The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.

Martin Luther King, Jr. - A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

Arnold H. Glasow - A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.

Sam Walton - 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.

Thomas Aquinas - If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

Ray Kroc - The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.

Bo Bennett - Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions.

Mahatma Gandhi - I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.

Steve Jobs - Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

John F. Kennedy - Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

Andrew Carnegie - No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

Mitt Romney - Leadership - leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses.

Henry Kissinger - The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

John D. Rockefeller - Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

George W. Bush - Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

Tony Blair - The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

James Cash Penney - Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.

Harold S. Geneen - Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

Golda Meir - A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

Henry Miller - The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way.