33 Quotes for Leaders and Managers
In this article, we share wise words of former US Presidents, British Prime Ministers, and business leaders. Sometimes leaders like us need just a little inspiration or motivation to get our mindset right and keep our teams on track.
Enjoy the quotes for leaders and managers we’ve curated for leaders like you!
1. “The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.” — President James Buchanan
2. “The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.” — Benjamin Disraeli
3. “The test of organization is not genius. It is its capacity to make common people achieve uncommon performance.” — Peter F. Drucker
4. “You do not lead by hitting people over the head – that’s assault, not leadership.” — President Dwight D. Eisenhower
5. “A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.” — Arnold Glasow
6. “Two commanders on the same field are always one too many.” — President Ulysses S. Grant
7. “Leadership is an action, not a position.” — Donald McGannon
8. “To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
9. “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.” — President Ronald Reagan
10. “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
11. “To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
12. “Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence, and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.” — Sheryl Sandberg
13. “No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.” — Andrew Carnegie
14. “The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.” — Harvey S. Firestone
15. “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.” — Bill Gates
16. “You manage things; you lead people.” — Rear Admiral Grace Hopper
17. “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus, but a molder of consensus.” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
18. “My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.” — Steve Jobs
19. “Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal” — Vince Lombardi
20. “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
21. “People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.” — President Theodore Roosevelt
22. “A boss has the title, a leader has the people.” — Simon Sinek
23. “Leaders, true leaders, take responsibility for the success of the team, and understand that they must also take responsibility for the failure.” — President Donald J. Trump
24. “A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
25. “Leading people is the most challenging and, therefore, the most gratifying undertaking of all human endeavors.” — Jocko Willink
26. “The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.” — Ken Blanchard
27. “In the midst of chaos, there’s is also opportunity.” — Sun Tzu
28. “Throughout the centuries there were men who took the first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.” — Ayn Rand
29. “The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.” — Theodore M. Hesburgh
30. “A leader is someone who holds her- or himself accountable for finding the potential in people and processes.” — Brené Brown
31. “If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.” — Henry Ford
32. “Having a vision for what you want is not enough. Vision without execution is hallucination.” — Thomas A. Edison
33. “Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.” — Epictetus
Thanks for reading through these quotes! I hope you’ve gained some perspective and inspiration. Which quotes were most impactful to you? Please leave your comment below.
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