Great Leadership Quotes From Women

Great leaders come in all shapes and sizes. Today we’re sharing the wisdom of women, curated for leaders. You’ll find several leadership quotes from women around the globe. As you read through these quotes, consider how they may apply to your present situation.

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Muriel Strode

“Leadership is not a person or a position. It is a complex moral relationship between people based on trust, obligation, commitment, emotion, and a shared vision of the good.” – Joanne Ciulla

“Rarely are opportunities presented to you in a perfect way. In a nice little box with a yellow bow on top.”- Susan Wojcicki

“Leadership is hard to define, and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader.”- Indra Nooyi

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” —Maya Angelou

“Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.”—Dianne Feinstein

“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

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anais Nin

“Good leaders organize and align people around what the team needs to do. Great leaders motivate and inspire people with why they’re doing it…”— Marillyn Hewson

“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

“Finally, I was able to see that if I had a contribution I wanted to make, I must do it, despite what others said. That I was OK the way I was. That it was all right to be strong.” — Wangari Maathai

“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” —Maya Angelou

“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.” —Rosa Parks

“On my own, I will just create, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn’t, I’ll create something else. I don’t have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.” — Oprah Winfrey

“My mentor taught me when an opportunity is presented to you, you look at it, and you feel it, and ask yourself Does this opportunity light me up? Does it fill me with a sense of curiosity?” — Layne Beachley

“Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.” — Sheryl Sandberg

“Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.” —Elizabeth Gilbert

“Leadership is not a person or a position. It is a complex moral relationship between people based on trust, obligation, commitment, emotion, and a shared vision of the good.” — Joanne Ciulla

“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” — Ayn Rand

“It is possible to climb to the top without stomping on other people.”— Taylor Swift

“If you’re clear on what you believe, you have a great foundation to go make a market.”— Ginni Rometty

“If you are committed to creating value and if you aren’t afraid of hard times; obstacles become utterly unimportant. A nuisance perhaps; but with no real power. The world respects creation; people will get out of your way.” — Candice Carpenter

“Repetition makes reputation and reputation makes customers.”—Elizabeth Arden, founder of Elizabeth Arden Inc.

“To guarantee success, act as if it were impossible to fail.” — Dorothea Brande

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“It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.” — Elanor Roosevelt, former US First Lady

Thanks for reading through these bite-sized bits of wisdom from prominent women. Which quote spoke to you? Leave a comment.

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