26 Inspirational Leadership Quotes from Global Thought Leaders

Some helpful questions to ask yourself

In order to get the most from these quotes, we suggest you get yourself a pen and pad and ensure you have a quiet space to reflect on each quote and

how it relates to you

1 What does this quote say about me?2 What could I be doing more of / less of on this

topic?3 What is stopping me moving ahead on this topic?

4 What is 1 thing I could be doing to move me closer to where I want to be?

A great leader’s courage to fulfill their vision comes from passion, not position - John Maxwell

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born - that there is a genetic factor to leadership. That’s nonsense; in fact, the

opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born - Warren Bennis

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

I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers - Ralph Nader

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes - Peter Drucker

The Big Hole, Kimberley

To lead people, walk behind them – Lao Tzu

When people are placed in positions slightly above what they expect, they are apt to excel – Richard Branson

Good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgments

– Dr Warne E Dyer

Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you – Margaret Thatcher

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things – Peter Drucker

Innovation distinguishes a leader from a follower – Steve Jobs

A leader is best when people barely know they exist, when their work is done, their aim is fulfilled, people

will say: we did it ourselves – Lao Tzu

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people

- Mahatma Gandhi

A good objective of leadership is to help those

who are doing poorly to do well

and to help those who are

doing well to do even better - Jim Rohn

Simply put, without robust social skills a

leader won’t be leading for long

- David Rock

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

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

Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths - John Zenger

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

Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems - Brian Tracy

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected – Steve Jobs

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority - Kenneth Blanchard

A real leader faces the music even when he doesn’t like the tune – Arnold H Glassgow

Be great in little things – St. Francis Xavier

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