71 Inspiring Leadership Quotes to Fuel Your Success

1.”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

2. “The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” – Ralph Nader

3. “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.” – Douglas MacArthur

4. “Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge.” – Simon Sinek

5. “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” – Warren Bennis

6. “Great leaders are willing to sacrifice their own personal interests for the good of the team.” – John Wooden

7. “The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants and associates smarter than they are.” – John C. Maxwell

8. “A leader knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” – John C. Maxwell

9. “To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

10. “Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.” – John C. Maxwell

11. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs

12. “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want to do because he wants to do it.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

13. “The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not a bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor but without folly.” – Jim Rohn

14. “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

15. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams

16. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln

17. “To lead people, walk beside them. As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best is the people’s honor and praise. The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate … When the best leader’s work is done, the people say, ‘We did it ourselves!'” –Lao Tzu

18.”The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is straightforward to say yes.” – Tony Blair

19. “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 C. Maxwell

20. “Leadership is not about being in charge. It’s about taking care of those in your charge.” – Simon Sinek

21. “The true test of leadership is how well you function in a crisis.” – Brian Tracy

22. “If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything.” – Malcolm X

23. “The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.” – Ray Kroc

24. “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

25. “Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.” – John C. Maxwell

26. “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; results, not attributes, define leadership.” – Peter Drucker

27. “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” – Peter Drucker

28. “Leadership is not about being in charge. It’s about serving those in your charge.” – Simon Sinek

29. “The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.” – Henry Kissinger

30. “The leader has to be practical and a realist yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.” – Eric Hoffer

31. “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

32. “The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.” – John Buchan

33. “A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them.” – M.D. Arnold

34. “The task of leadership is to create an alignment of strengths in ways that make a system’s weaknesses irrelevant.” – Peter Drucker

35. “Leadership is the ability to facilitate movement in the needed direction and have people feel good about it.” – Tom Smith

36. “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

37. “The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.” – Ken Blanchard

38. “You don’t lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

39. “The art of communication is the language of leadership.” – James Humes

40. “I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is: Try to please everybody.” – Herbert Bayard Swope

41.”Leadership is not a position or a title; it’s an action and example.” – Unknown

42. “The most powerful leadership tool you have is your own personal example.” – John Wooden

43. “A leader is a dealer in hope.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

44. “Great leaders are willing to admit their mistakes and learn from them.” – John C. Maxwell

45. “Leadership is not about being perfect; it’s about serving a cause greater than yourself and making a positive impact on the world.” – Robin Sharma

46. “True leadership stems from individuality that is honestly and sometimes imperfectly expressed.” – Sheryl Sandberg

47. “The task of the leader is to get their people from where they are to where they have not been.” – Henry Kissinger

48. “Great leaders inspire greatness in others.” – Unknown

49. “A leader’s job is not to do the work for others. It’s to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done, and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.” – Simon Sinek

50. “The measure of a leader is not the number of people who serve him, but the number of people he serves.” – John C. Maxwell

51. “The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is straightforward to say yes.” – Tony Blair

52. “You don’t need a title to be a leader.” – Mark Sanborn

53. “The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants and associates smarter than they are.” – John C. Maxwell.

54. “Leadership is not a position or a title; it is action and example.” – Unknown

55. “The best leaders are those who serve others first.” – Unknown

56. “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

57. “Leadership is not about being the boss. It’s about inspiring and empowering others.” – Unknown

58. “The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with himself.” – Blaine Le

59. “Great leaders don’t set out to be a leader… they set out to make a difference. It’s never about the role, always about the goal.” – Lisa Haisha

60. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker

61. “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

62. “The art of leadership is not to make things easy, but to make things possible.” – Unknown

63. “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-Exupery

64. “The best way to lead people into the future is to connect with them deeply in the present.” – James Kouzes

65. “Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.” – Seth Godin

66. “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; results, not attributes, define leadership.” – Peter Drucker

67. “Leadership is not about being the best. It’s about making everyone else better.” – Unknown

68. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.” – Steve Jobs

69 “You manage things; you lead people.” – Admiral Grace Murray Hopper

70 “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

71. “The greatest leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants and associates smarter than they are.” – John C. Maxwell