Famous Leadership Quotes
“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”- General Dwight D. Eisenhower
”A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must be undaunted when the going gets tough.” – Ronald Reagan
“Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.”- General George S. Patton
”The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.” – Ray Kroc
”It is not honest to question of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.” – Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
”He who has never learned to obey cannot be a excellent commander.”- Aristotle
“The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.” – Walter Lippmann, 1889-1974
“I have to follow them. I am their leader.”- Alexandre-Auguste Ledru-Rollin, Leader of the French Revolution of 1848
”People can be divided into two classes: those who go ahead and do something, and those people who sit still and inquire, why wasn’t it done the other way?” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
“Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.” – Harry Truman
”The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.“- Kenneth Blanchard
”A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not.“- Unknown Author
“To lead people, walk beside them … As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. When the best leader’s work is done the people say, ‘We did it ourselves’.”- Lao Tzu
“The best [leader] is the one who has sense enough to pick excellent men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” – Theodore Roosevelt
“A excellent leader takes a small more than his share of the blame, a small less than his share of the credit.” – Arnold H. Glasgow