Top 200 Leadership Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won’t ever be perfect – but in the process we will achieve greatness.”

— Vince Lombardi

152. “Everyone is a leader because everyone influences someone.”

— John C. Maxwell

153. “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

— John F. Kennedy

154. “Leadership is the capacity to influence others through inspiration motivated by passion, generated by vision, produced by a conviction, ignited by a purpose.”

— Myles Munroe

155. “Leadership is neither a rank nor a title. It is a choice. The choice to provide care and protection for those for whom we are responsible.”

— Simon Sinek

156. “Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership.”

— Peter F. Drucker

157. “I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.”

— Alexander the Great

158. “Let me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity.”

— Abdul Kalam

159. “When we tell people to do their jobs, we get workers. When we trust people to get the job done, we get leaders.”

— Simon Sinek

160. “One of the greatest values of mentors is the ability to see ahead what others cannot see and to help them navigate a course to their destination.”

— John C. Maxwell

161. “Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers.”

— Simon Sinek

162. “Implementing Extreme Ownership requires checking your ego and operating with a high degree of humility. Admitting mistakes, taking ownership, and developing a plan to overcome challenges are integral to any successful team.”

— Jocko Willink

163. “Leadership is an achievement of trust.”

— Peter F. Drucker

164. “Leadership is communicating people’s worth and potential so clearly that they come to see it themselves.”

— Stephen R. Covey

165. “Your attitude determines your actions, and your actions determine your accomplishment.”

— John C. Maxwell

166. “The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.”

— Paulo Coelho

167. “There are only two ways to influence human behavior: you can manipulate it or you can inspire it.”

— Simon Sinek

168. “Leadership is taking responsibility while others are making excuses.”

— John C. Maxwell

169. “If serving is below you, leadership is beyond you.”

— Anonymous

170. “You must manage yourself before you can lead someone else.”

— Zig Ziglar

171. “Remember that reputation and integrity are your most valuable assets – and can be lost in a heartbeat.”

— Charlie Munger

172. “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.”

— Steve Jobs

173. “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

— Margaret Fuller

174. “Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It’s about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers.”

— Robin S. Sharma

175. “Acknowledging what you don’t know is the dawning of wisdom.”

— Charlie Munger

176. “Recognize reality even when you don’t like it – especially when you don’t like it.”

— Charlie Munger

177. “Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

178. “It always seems impossible until it's done.”

— Nelson Mandela

179. “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.”

— Jim Rohn

180. “CEOs are hired for their intellect and business expertise – and fired for a lack of emotional intelligence.”

— Daniel Goleman

181. “Screw it. Let's do it.”

— Richard Branson

182. “There are always people who will be better at something than you are. You have to learn to be a follower before you become a leader.”

— Charlie Munger

183. “If you want to walk fast, walk alone. But if you want to walk far, walk together.”

— Ratan Tata

184. “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

185. “Extreme Ownership. Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame.”

— Jocko Willink

186. “Whatever you’re thinking, think bigger.”

— Tony Hsieh

187. “It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.”

— Elizabeth Kenny

188. “As a leader of people, you have to be a great listener, a great motivator, be very good at praising and bringing out the best in people.”

— Richard Branson

189. “The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more.”

— Charlie Munger

190. “If they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries.”

— Bill Parcells

191. “If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood, sweat, and tears.”

— Simon Sinek

192. “Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn’t even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.”

— Heraclitus

193. “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

— African Proverb

194. “Stay hungry. Stay foolish.”

— Steve Jobs

195. “There are leaders and there are those who lead. Leaders hold a position of power or influence. Those who lead inspire us.”

— Simon Sinek

196. “When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you think I’ll like it or not. Disagreement, at this state, stimulates me. But once a decision is made, the debate ends. From that point on, loyalty means executing the decision as if it were your own.”

— Colin Powell

197. “Bad leaders care about who is right. Good leaders care about what is right.”

— Simon Sinek

198. “Leadership is not bullying and leadership is not aggression. Leadership is the expectation that you can use your voice for good. That you can make the world a better place.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

199. “Leadership is not a title. It’s a behavior. LIVE it.”

— Robin S. Sharma

200. “And it’s those who start with why, that have the ability to inspire those around them or find others who inspire them.”

— Simon Sinek