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Inspirational Quotes About Leadership

Whether they were heroes, poets, scholars, or leaders, the brightest minds in human history have thought and written about values and their meanings. Use the search field on the left to search our quotation database by author, value, or specific word contained in the quote.

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Index_card_top “A leader is someone who demonstrates what's possible.”
 
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Index_card_top “What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.”
 
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007);
Writer


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Index_card_top “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
 
John Quincy Adams (1825-1829);
6th Us President
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Index_card_top “The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by. The saint is the man who walks through the dark paths of the world, himself a light.”
 
Felix Adler (1851-1933);
Intellectual, Founder Of The Society For Ethical Culture
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Index_card_top “Leaders who win the respect of others are the ones who deliver more than they promise, not the ones who promise more than they can deliver.”
 
Mark A. Clement (born 1955);
Writer


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Index_card_top “I am personally convinced that one person can be a change catalyst, a transformer in any situation, any organization. Such an individual is yeast that can leaven an entire loaf. It requires vision, initiative, patience, respect, persistence, courage, and faith to be a transforming leader.”
 
Stephen R. Covey (born 1932);
Motivational Writer
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Index_card_top “The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.”
 
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969);
34th U.S. President
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Index_card_top “I will speak ill of no man, and speak all the good I know of everybody.”
 
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790);
Politician, Writer, Scientist
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Index_card_top “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”
 
John F. Kennedy (1917-1963);
35th Us President
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Index_card_top “Direction, not intention, determines destination.”
 
Andy Stanley (born 1958);
Pastor


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Index_card_top “If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.”
 
Rachel Carson (1907-1964);
Marine Biologist, Author


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Index_card_top “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
 
Muriel Strode - Author


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“A good leader inspires others with confidence in him; a great leader inspires them with confidence in themselves. ”
 
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Index_card_top “First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, [President George Washington] was second to none in humble and enduring scenes of private life. Pious, just, humane, temperate, and sincere; uniform, dignified, and commanding; his example was edifying to all around him as were the effects of that example everlasting.”
 
Henry Lee III (1756-1818);
Ninth Governor Of Virginia, Congressman


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“If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. ”
 
Antoine de Sainte-Exupery (1900-1944);
(1900 1944); Aviator, Writer
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“Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew. ”
 
Grace Hopper (1906-1992);
Computer Scientist, Naval Officer
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“Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere. ”
 
Ronald Reagan (1911-2004);
40th U.S. President
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