Leadership

Best Quotes and speeches on Leadership

1. A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.
   — John J. Pershing
2. A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.
   ― Stephen King
3. A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.
   ― Polybius
4. A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.
   ― John Maxwell
5. A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
   ― George Patton
6. A great leader’s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
   ― John Maxwell
7. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.
   ― Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
8. A leader is a dealer in hope.
   ― Napoleon Bonaparte
9. A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
   ― Lao Tzu
10. A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
    ― John Maxwell
11. A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.
    ― Rosalynn Carter
12. A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
    ― Max Lucado
13. A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.
    ― Ovid
14. A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.
    ― Douglas MacArthur
15. All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.
    ― John Kenneth Galbraith
16. Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
    ― Publilius Syrus
17. As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
    ― Bill Gates
18. Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.
    ― Brian Tracy
19. Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.
    ― Jack Welch
20. Do what you feel in your heart to be right–for you’ll be criticized anyway.
    ― Eleanor Roosevelt