Quotes on Leadership - Great Quotes from Great Leaders
Great leaders share a common belief that leadership is more about character than authority and power. And, working alongside their followers, and inspiring them to exceed their own expectations is what leadership is about. Here are some of our favorite quotes on leadership from these great leaders throughout history.
Leroy Eimes Quote on Leadership:
"A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see."
"Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them."
"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."
"Experienced outsdoorsmen know that you need to put more wood on the fire to keep it going. Experienced leaders know that the fires of enthusiasm can't continue without regular and consistent action."
~ Reed Markham
"No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it."
"Leadership is not magnetic personality--that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not 'making friends and influencing people'--that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's vision to higher sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations."
"Leadership is a choice you make, not a place you sit."
"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."
"People are more easily led than driven."
"Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall."
"A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position."
"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."
"Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things."
"Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be."
