Everyone needs a mentor, leader to guide them and lead the way towards a common goal. A good leader can really win the games with the team’s effort and make everyone on board feel important. True leader will push you to face your fear, pull you out of the comfort zone and throw new challenges at you. They will be happy in your progress and these inspiring leadership quotes will allow you to find right leader and will guide you to become one.

1. “More than anything else today, followers believe they are part of a system, a process that lacks heart. If there is one thing a leader can do to connect with followers at a human, or better still a spiritual level, it is to become engaged with them fully, to share experiences and emotions, and to set aside the processes of leadership we have learned by rote.”- — Lance Secretan
2. “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” — Jack Welch
3. —Bill Gates
4. “If you don’t understand that you work for your mislabeled ‘subordinates,’ then you know nothing of leadership. You know only tyranny.” — Dee Hock, leadership quotes for work
5. “Lead and inspire people. Don’t try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be lead.” — Ross Perot
6. “Leaders conceive and articulate goals that lift people out of their petty preoccupations and unite them in pursuit of objectives worthy of their best efforts.” — John Gardner
7. “The ability to summon positive emotions during periods of intense stress lies at the heart of effective leadership.” — Jim Loehr
8. “We live in a society obsessed with public opinion. But leadership has never been about popularity.” —Marco Rubio
9. “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
10. “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
11. “There are three essentials to leadership: humility, clarity and courage.” —Fuchan Yuan
12. “A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.” —Stephen King
13. “My responsibility is getting all my players playing for the name on the front of the jersey, not the one on
14. “I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.” – Lao Tzu
15. “Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.” – John F. Kennedy
16. “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
17. “My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.”  -General Montgomery, leadership quotes confidence
18. “The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.” – Warren Bennis
19. “To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.” – Andre Malraux
20. “He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.” – Aristotle, leadership quotes for kids
21. “Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.” – Brian Tracy
22. “I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” – Ralph Nader
23. “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.” —Peter Drucker
24. “Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.” —Publilius Syrus
25. “A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.” —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
26. “The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” —Theodore Roosevelt
27. “Leadership is influence.” —John C. Maxwell
28. “You don’t lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.” —Ken Kesey
29. “When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
30. “Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better”. —Harry S. Truman
31. “People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.” —John Maxwell
32. “So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.” —Peter Drucker
33. “The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.” —Tony Blair
34. “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” —Warren Bennis
35. “Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.” — General George Patton
36. “The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. It’s got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.” —Reverend Theodore Hesburgh
37. “The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.” —Kenneth Blanchard
38. “A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.” —Polybius
39. “A great leader’s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.” —John Maxwell
40. “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
41. “The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.” —Jim Rohn
42. “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” —Jack Welch
43. “A leader is a dealer in hope.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
44. “You don’t need a title to be a leader.”  – Multiple Attributions
45. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”  – John Maxwell, leadership quotes John Maxwell
46. “Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.” —Sam Walton
47. “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
48. inspirational leadership quotes with images —Erskine Bowles
49. “A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.” —Ovid
50. “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
51. “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” —General Dwight Eisenhower
52. “The leader has to be practical and a realist yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.” —Eric Hoffer
53. “Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.” —Brian Tracy
54. “A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.” —Max Lucado
55. “Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.” —General George Patton
56. “Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.” – Peter Drucker
57. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.”  -Margaret Mead
58. “The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground.” – Sir Winston Churchill
59. “The master of the people is their servant.” – Yemeni
60. “When we think we lead, we are most led.” – Henry James Byron (1834-1884)
61. 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
62. “Do what you feel in your heart to be right–for you’ll be criticized anyway.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
63. “Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.” —Donald Rumsfeld
64. “Education is the mother of leadership.” —Wendell Willkie, leadership quotes education
65. “Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.” —Stephen Covey
66. “Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.” —General Colin Powell
67. “Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.” —John Zenger
68. “He who has great power should use it lightly.” —Seneca, a good leadership quotes
69. “He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.” —Solon
70. “I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be.” —Warren Bennis
71. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” —John Quincy Adams
72. “Lead and inspire people. Don’t try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be lead.” —Ross Perot
73. “Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.” —Vince Lombardi
74. “Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.” —John C. Maxwell, leadership quotes by John maxwell
75. “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” —John F. Kennedy
76. “Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.” —Jesse Jackson
77. “Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.” —Woodrow Wilson
78. “Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.” —Norman Schwarzkopf
79. “Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.” —Colin Powell, leadership quotes military
80. “He who rules must fully humor as much as he commands.” – George Eliot (1819-1880)
81. “An army of a thousand is easy to find but ah how difficult to find a general.”-  Chinese Proverb
82. “Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.” —Bill Bradley
83. “Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.” —Tom Peters
84. “Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.” —Stephen Covey
85. “Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.” —General Douglas MacArthur, leadership quotes entrepreneur
86. “No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.” —Abraham Lincoln
87. “The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men, the conviction and the will to carry on.” —Walter Lippman
88. “The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.” —Ken Blanchard
89. “The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.” —Harvey Firestone
90. “To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.” —Friedrich Nietzsche
91. “To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.” —Pat Riley
92. “A leader…is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.” – Nelson Mandela
93. “Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.” – Colin Powell, leadership quotes Colin Powell
94. “True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.” —Bill Owens
95. “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
96. “Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flow charts. It is about one life influencing another.”-  John C. Maxwell
97. “The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.” –Dwight Eisenhower, leadership quotes encouragement
98. “You don’t lead by hitting people over the head—that’s assault, not leadership.” –Dwight Eisenhower
99. –Michael Jordan
100. “To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
101. “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” – William Arthur Ward,  inspirational leadership quotes for teachers
102. “Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
103. “Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
104. “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
105. “Don’t waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions; go over, under, through, and opinions will change organically when you’re the boss. Or they won’t. Who cares? Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.” – Tina Fey
106. “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” —Proverb, leadership quotes about vision
107. “I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?” —Benjamin Disraeli
108. “The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.” —Max DePree
109. “Power isn’t control at all–power is strength, and giving that strength to others. A leader isn’t someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength to others that they may have the strength to stand on their own.” – Beth Revis
110. “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” – Peter F. Drucker
     

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111. “You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.” – Woodrow Wilson
112. “Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.” – Albert Schweitzer
113. “Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas?” – Margaret Thatcher
114. “A leader is a dealer in hope.” – Napoleon
115. “The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” Theodore Roosevelt
116. “I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.” – Robert E. Lee, leadership quotes about trust
117. “There is a difference between being a leader and being a boss. Both are based on authority. A boss demands blind obedience; a leader earns his authority through understanding and trust.” – Klaus Balkenhol
118. “Always remember, Son, the best boss is the one who bosses the least. Whether it’s cattle, or horses, or men; the least government is the best government.” – Ralph Moody
119. “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
120. “Remember, teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.” – Patrick Lencioni, leadership quotes about teamwork
121.  “Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way.” – Ronald Reagan
122. “Show me the man you honor and I will know what kind of man you are.” – Thomas John Carlisle
123. “The challenge of leadership is to be strong but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not a bully; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.” – Jim Rohn
124. “A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them.” – M.D. Arnold
125. “The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.” – Father Theodore M. Hesburgh
126. “A leader takes people where they would never go on their own.” – Hans Finzel– Donald McGannon
127. “My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.” Steve Jobs
128. “To have long-term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.” – Pat Riley
129. “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.” —Mother Teresa, leadership quotes about change
130. “Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.” – Colin Powell
131. “The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.” – Max DePree
132. “The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.” – George Orwell
133. “Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.” – Peter Drucker
134. “Great leaders find ways to connect with their people and help them fulfill their potential.” – Steven J. Stowell
135. “If you think you are leading and turn around to see no one following, then you are just taking a walk.” – Benjamin Hooks
136. “He who has great power should use it lightly.” — Seneca
137. “Leadership is the ability to establish standards and manage a creative climate where people are self-motivated toward the mastery of long term constructive goals, in a participatory environment of mutual respect, compatible with personal values.” — Mike Vance
138. “What you do has far greater impact than what you say.“—Stephen Covey, inspirational leadership quotes sayings
139. “Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work.” – Vince Lombardi
140. “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
141. “A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a hair.” – Iranian
142. “Even the largest army is nothing without a good general.” – Afghan
143. “If the townspeople are happy, look to the chief.” – Liberian
144. “A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.”  – Max Lucado
145. “Leadership and learning are indispensable to one another.” – John F. Kennedy
146. “The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.” – Ray Kroc
147. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Harold McAlindon
148. “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” – Jack Welch
149. “Control is not leadership; management is not leadership; leadership is leadership. If you seek to lead, invest at least 50% of your time in leading yourself—your own purpose, ethics, principles, motivation, conduct. Invest at least 20% leading those with authority over you and 15% leading your peers.” — Dee Hock, Founder and CEO Emeritus, Visa
150. “Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others may receive your orders without being humiliated
151. “People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.” — Theodore Roosevelt
152. “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.” – Theodore Roosevelt
153. “Authority should be seen as a part of leadership, not as a way around it.” — Michael McKinney
154. “Not the cry, but the flight of a wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.” —Chinese Proverb
155. “One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.” —Arnold Glasow
156. “In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.” —Thomas Jefferson, leadership quotes by famous leaders
157. “It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself.” —Latin Proverb
158. “It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.” —Nelson Mandela
159. Leadership is not so much about technique and methods as it is about opening the heart. Leadership is about inspiration—of oneself and of others. Great leadership is about human experiences, not processes. Leadership is not a formula or a program, it is a human activity that comes from the heart and considers the hearts of others. It is an attitude, not a routine.” — Lance Secretan