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

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

The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people. – Woodrow T. Wilson

Good leaders must first become good servants. – Robert Greenleaf

In simplest terms, a leader is one who knows where he wants to go, and gets up, and goes. – John Erskine

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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

Most important, leaders can conceive and articulate goals that lift people out of their petty preoccupations and unite them in pursuit of objectives worthy of their best efforts. – John Gardner

You do not lead by hitting people over the head – that’s assault, not leadership. – Dwight Einsenhower

A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done. – Ralph Nadar

A leader’s role is to raise people’s aspirations for what they can become and to release their energies so they will try to get there. – David Gergen

A leader must have the courage to act against an expert’s advice. – James Callaghan

An effective leader knows the way, shows the way, and goes the way. – Anonymous

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

A boss creates fear, a leader confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader corrects mistakes. A boss knows all, a leader asks questions. A boss makes work drudgery, a leader makes it interesting. – Russell H. Ewing quotes

There’s nothing more demoralizing than a leader who can’t clearly articulate why we’re doing what we’re doing. – James Kouzes

You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too. – Sam Rayburn

The glue that holds all relationships together – including the relationship between the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based on integrity. – Brian Tracy

People underestimate their capacity for change. There is never a right time to do a difficult thing. A leader’s job is to help people have vision of their potential. – John Porter

Be willing to make decisions. That’s the most important quality in a good leader. – General George Patton

The leader must know, most know that he knows, and must be able to make it abundantly clear to those about him that he knows. – Clarence Randall

Skill in the art of communication is crucial to a leader’s success. He can accomplish nothing unless he can communicate effectively. – Anonymous

People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision. – John C. Maxwell

A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs. – Robert Townsend

The weaknesses of the many make the leader possible. – Elbert Hubbard