Leadership Quotes

“Leadership is not about maintaining the status quo, but maintaining the highest rate of change that the organization and the people within it can stand.” Sir John Harvey-Jones

“I can make myself rich or my country.” Lee Kuan Yew

“There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new.” Niccolo Machiavelli

“There is no such thing as a bad soldier, only a bad officer.” Napoleon

"Judge a man on how he reacts to failure, not success" Martin Luther King

“One of the most liberating leadership principles is I don’t have to be right.” John Naisbitt

“When you're the boss, the only place you should point fingers is at the mirror.” Annomous

“To lead the people, walk behind them.” Lao Tzu

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” John F. Kennedy

“Individuals play the game, but teams beat the odds.” Navy SEAL team saying

“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.” Jack Welch

“Social media requires that business leaders start thinking like small-town shop owners. This means taking the long view and avoiding short-term benchmarks to gauge progress. It means allowing the personality, heart and soul of the people who run all levels of the business to show.” Gary Vaynerchuk

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

“People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.” John Maxwell

“Sometimes, I think my most important job as a CEO is to listen for bad news. If you don’t act on it, your people will eventually stop bringing bad news to your attention and that is the beginning of the end.” Bill Gates

“Be great in little things.” St. Francis Xavier

. “Do not fear when your enemies criticize you. Beware when they applaud.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Giving people self confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do because then they will act.” Jack Welch

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

“The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.” John Maxwell

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” -Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder