It is said by the likes of Martin Luther King Jr. that a genuine leader is not a searcher of consensus, but is a molder of consensus. To learn more about what the leaders of the world have to say about leadership, check out the Leadership Quotes in the Quotes Gallery section, infused with serene Nature Photographs.
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- “Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.” ― 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 S. Patton Jr.
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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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- “Leadership is not about the next election, it’s about the next generation.” ― Simon Sinek
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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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- “Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.” ― Harold S. Geneen
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- “Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.” ― Pete Hoekstra
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- “The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.” ― Seth Godin
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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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- “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” ― Warren Bennis
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- “The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.” ― Ray Kroc
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- “No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.” ― Andrew Carnegie
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- “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.” — Bill Gates
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- “To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt
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- “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” ― John F. Kennedy
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- “There are a lot of men with feminine leadership styles and there are a lot of women with masculine leadership styles.” ― Jill Soloway
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- “Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.” ― Seth Godin
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- “You don’t need a team leader, you need quality.” ― Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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- “Great leaders create more leaders, not followers.” ― Roy T. Bennett
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- “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” ― Peter F. Drucker
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- “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” ― Steve Jobs
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- “Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.” ― Albert Schweitzer
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- “The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.” ― Ken Blanchard
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- “If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.” ― Dolly Parton
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- “Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.” ― Robert Louis Stevenson
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- “Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.” — Brian Tracy
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- “Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men — the other 999 follow women.” ― Groucho Marx
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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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- “He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.” ― Aristotle
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- “I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.” ― Robert E. Lee
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- “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.” ― Peter F. Drucker
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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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- “A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.” ― Arnold H. Glasow
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