"You don’t have to hold a position in order to be a leader."
– Henry Ford
"A great leader’s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position."
– John C. Maxwell
"You manage things; you lead people."
– Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper
"Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others."
– Jack Welch
"A leader is a dealer in hope."
– Napoleon Bonaparte
"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way."
– John Maxwell
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has."
– Margaret Mead
"A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together."
– Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision."
– John Maxwell
" Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems."
– Brian Tracy
"Do what you feel in your heart to be right–for you’ll be criticized anyway."
– Eleanor Roosevelt
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."
– John Quincy Adams
"Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand."
– General Colin Powell
"Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths."
– John Zenger
"If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities."
– Maya Angelou
"It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself."
– Latin Proverb
"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
– Eleanor Roosevelt
"Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front."
– Nelson Mandela
"I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples."
– Mother Teresa
"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires."
– William Arthur Ward
"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."
– Helen Keller
"Earn your leadership every day."
– Michael Jordan