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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- “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” ― Peter F. Drucker
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- “He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.” ― Aristotle
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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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- “Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men — the other 999 follow women.” ― Groucho Marx
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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 quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.” ― Ray Kroc
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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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- “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” ― William Arthur Ward
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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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- “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” ― Warren Bennis
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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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- “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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- “Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.” ― Robert Louis Stevenson
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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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- “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 art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.” ― Seth Godin
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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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- “Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.” ― Harold S. Geneen
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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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- “Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.” — Brian Tracy
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- “You don’t need a team leader, you need quality.” ― Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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- “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” ― Steve Jobs
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- “Leadership is not about the next election, it’s about the next generation.” ― Simon Sinek
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- “Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.” ― Pete Hoekstra
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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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- “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.” ― Peter F. Drucker
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- “I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.” ― Robert E. Lee
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- “Great leaders create more leaders, not followers.” ― Roy T. Bennett
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- “The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.” ― Ken Blanchard
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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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- “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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- “To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt
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