Compiled by John S Picarello
“I’m a firm believer in the fact that leadership is leadership, regardless of your vocation. Throughout history irrespective of the times, cultural values, and status in society; The foundational principles of leadership remain the same and apply to all. I trust that these quotes will help and inspire you on your leadership journey.” – JSP
- Being in power is like being a lady, if you have to tell people you are, you aren’t. – Margaret Thatcher
- You can’t build a reputation on what you’re going to do. – Henry Ford
- Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. – Warren G. Bennis
- Character is power. – Booker T. Washington
- Leadership is not wielding power – it’s empowering people. – Becky Brodin
- If I will take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself. – Dwight L. Moody
- To measure a leader, put a tape around his heart, not his head. – John C. Maxwell
- God grant that men of principle shall be our principle men. – Thomas Jefferson
- You cannot travel within and standstill without. – James Lane Allen
- Parking meters should remind us that we lose money standing still. – Burt Kruse
- The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives. – Albert Einstein
- If I cease being better I cease being good. – Motto of Oliver Cromwell
- The greatest achievements are those that benefit others. – Denis Waitley
- If your vision doesn’t cost you something, it’s a daydream. – John C. Maxwell
- The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves. – Ray Kroc
- The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it. – John Ruskin
- Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. – Czech Proverb
- The art of progress is to preserve order amid of change. – Alfred North Whitehead
- I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific. – Lily Tomlin
- To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it. – Mother Teresa
- You manage things; you lead people. – Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper
- He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander. – Aristotle
- The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. – Kenneth Blanchard
- 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
- The leader has to be practical and a realist yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist. – Eric Hoffer
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