Leadership Quotes

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Leadership. It's a tough thing to define. You know a true leader when you see one, but it's not something that can be necessarily taught. Leadership is a trait many of us aspire to, and in that regard, leadership quotes can be of great help. Written about great leaders and by great leaders, quotes about leaders help us understand what a great leader is and how to become one. While few of us are born leaders, we can learn to remain calm under fire, to keep a cool head while others around us lose theirs and to make smart decisions based on the facts at hand, the objectives going forward and the resources available. Whether you're already in a leadership position or aspire to become a great leader in the world or your own organization, leadership quotes can serve as important guide points for progress. Reference.com Definition of Leadership

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Harry S. Truman

"The buck stops here." — Harry S. Truman
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"Every man in a leadership position must know when it's time to hand over the reins," — Eddie Compass
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Andrew Carnegie

"No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it" — Andrew Carnegie
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"Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices." — R. Buckminster Fuller
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"You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too." — Sam Rayburn
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says I was beaten, he does not say My men were beaten." — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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"Leadership is liberating people to do what is required of them in the most effective and humane way possible." — Max Depree
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"Any leader who doesn't support the heart of evolving humanity is not a leader worthy of being followed." — Vanna Bonta
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"Tell a person they are brave and you help them become so." — Thomas Carlyle
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"Leaders are not born, they're made." — Vince Lombardi
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"Among the blind the one eyed is king." — Proverb Proverbs
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Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd." — Max Lucado
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"Leaders don't inflict pain - they share pain." — Max Depree
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together 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 Saint-Exupery
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Albert Einstein

"The led must not be compelled, they must be able to choose their own leader." — Albert Einstein
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Henry A. Kissinger

"Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God." — Henry A. Kissinger
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Christian Nevell Bovee

"Six traits of effective leaders: 1. Make others feel important 2. Promote a vision 3. Follow the golden rule 4. Admit mistakes 5. Criticize others only in private 6. Stay close to the action Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire." — Christian Nevell Bovee
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"Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the only thing." — Albert Schweitzer
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"Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together." — Jesse Jackson
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Dwight D. Eisenhower

"You don't lead by hitting people over the head-that's assault, not leadership." — Dwight D. Eisenhower
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