Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old inspirational leadership quotes, inspirational leadership sayings, and inspirational leadership proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.Colin Powell
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Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.Colin Powell
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Let the improvement of yourself keep you so busy that you have no time to criticize others.Roy T. Bennett
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Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.Warren Bennis
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Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.John C. Maxwell
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Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.George Patton
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Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.Margaret Thatcher
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You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.Nancy D. Solomon
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Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.Jack Welch
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A leader is a dealer in hope.Napoleon Bonaparte
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It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.Adlai E. Stevenson Ii
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Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.Robert Louis Stevenson
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Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.Vince Lombardi
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Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flow charts. It is about one life influencing another.John C. Maxwell
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People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.Theodore Roosevelt
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A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.John C. Maxwell
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Nothing is impossible, the word itself says I'm possible!Audrey Hepburn
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I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.Alexander The Great
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Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.Steve Jobs
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It's only after you've stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.Roy T. Bennett
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Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.Eleanor Roosevelt
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To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.Eleanor Roosevelt
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In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.Max De Pree
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Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.Colin Powell
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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
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Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.John F. Kennedy
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Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.Colin Powell
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The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.Ronald Reagan
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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.William Arthur Ward
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Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right.Henry Ford
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The art of communication is the language of leadership.James Humes
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I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.Mother Teresa
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Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission.Colin Powell
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Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.Les Brown
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A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.Peter Drucker
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Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.John F. Kennedy
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Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.Napoleon Hill
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The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.Brandon Sanderson
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Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it.Colin Powell
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Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.Colin Powell
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If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough.Oprah Winfrey
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We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.Whoopi Goldberg
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Do or do not. There is no try.Yoda
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Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.Albert Schweitzer
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I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.Maya Angelou
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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.John Quincy Adams
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I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.Jimmy Dean