This month’s posts have focused on Leading others (a series called “How to Become a Person of Influence). I thought it might be fun to end the month with a list of great leadership quotes from past leaders. Enjoy reading through these. When you’re done, please reply back to me and let me know which was your favorite and why.
- “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
- “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
- “Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.” – Margaret Thatcher
- “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
- “Too many kings can ruin an army.” – Homer
- “Position doesn’t make anybody a leader. Being in charge doesn’t make the wrong person right.” – Tim Berry
- “The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.” – Tony Blair
- “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
- “You can do what I cannot do. I can do what you cannot do. Together, we can do great things.” – Mother Teresa
- “Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value.” – Albert Einstein
- “No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.” – Abraham Lincoln
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“If It’s Lonely At The Top, You’re Not Doing Something Right.” – John C. Maxwell
So? Which of those quotes resonated with you most? Or, which did you like best? Please let me know which one and I’d love it if you’d take a second to say why. Thanks in advance!
Great quotes…thanks for sharing!