The worst mistake a leader can make is to mentor no one, choose no successor and leave no legacy. — Myles Munroe
Leadership requires the courage to make decisions that will benefit the next generation. — Alan Autry
Character matters; leadership descends from character. — Rush Limbaugh
The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on. — Walter Lippmann
Leadership is a series of behaviors rather than a role for heroes. — Margaret J. Wheatley
Once it gets to a point where it becomes a matter of life and death to occupy a position of leadership or not, with an eye on future opportunities, therein lies the danger. — Kgalema Motlanthe
Leadership is not for the faint of heart — Bill Hybels
The very exercise of leadership fosters capacity for it. — Cyril Falls
Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit. — H. G. Wells
If an incompetent chieftain is removed, seldom do we appoint his highest-ranking subordinate to his place — Attila the Hun
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. — Warren G. Bennis
The ultimate test of practical leadership is the realization of intended, real change that meets people's enduring needs. — James MacGregor Burns
Great leaders encourage leadership development. By openly developing themselves — Marshall Goldsmith
A leadership will be successful if it is able to serve the bottom. — Joko Widodo
Short Leadership Succession Quotes
Leadership is about setting the stage for others to shine. — Jensen Huang
Leadership is not about holding onto power, but about empowering others. — Alexei Navalny
Great leadership is by definition relentlessly developmental. — Bill Hybels
Leaders make things possible. Exceptional leaders make them inevitable. — Lance Morrow
Education is the mother of leadership. — Wendell L. Willkie
Weak leadership can wreck the soundest strategy — Sun Tzu
As soon as everyone is on the bandwagon with one idea, a leader should be working on the next one. — Roger Enrico
The leader sees leadership as responsibility rather than as rank and privilege. — Peter Drucker
Strong leaders understand that action cures indecision — Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Leadership is never given on a silver platter, one has to earn it. — Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Leadership Succession Image Quotes
The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. — Ken Blanchard
Change is inevitable. Progress is optional . — Tony Robbins
Successful leaders understand that true power comes not from exercising control, but from empowering others.
To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks. — Bill Gates
There's only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything. — Vince Lombardi
The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.
What Is Leadership Succession Quotes
The most important ingredient of leadership is character. Most of the proficiencies can be learned, but what's inside you is something that's difficult to change. — Jesse Robredo
The answers to these questions will determine your success or failure. 1) Can people trust me to do what's right? 2) Am I committed to doing my best? 3) Do I care about other people and show it? If the answers to these questions are yes, there is no way you can fail. — Lou Holtz
The courage of leadership is giving others the chance to success even though you bear the responsibility for getting things done.
What distinguishes the greatest leaders of our time it’s that success is very rarely a goal for them; it’s a byproduct of other goals that they have. — Adam Grant
The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I believe no amount of business school training or work experience can teach what is ultimately a matter of personal character. Businesses are not dishonest or greedy, people are. Thus, a business, successful or not, is merely a reflection of the character of its leadership. — S. Truett Cathy
Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.
Important leadership skill is precisely communicating your intent — that is, proposing what the properties of successful execution would be, while leaving the choices of how to achieve those goals for the team to propose in return. — Greg Brockman
Question for God every morning: What is the main event today? What do you want me to focus on today? — John C. Maxwell
Since when do grown men and women, who presume to hold high government office and exercise what they think of as "moral leadership," require ethics officers to tell them whether it is or isn't permissible to grab the secretary's behind or redirect public funds to their own personal advantage? — Meg Greenfield
What really matters for success, character, happiness and life long achievements is a definite set of emotional skills - your EQ - not just purely cognitive abilities that are measured by conventional IQ tests. — Daniel Goleman
Leadership Role Quotes
People who are role models for the principles and values of the organization, who buy in and understand the vision of what the organization is trying to accomplish, and have the personality to inspire other people to the vision. You know, that’s what team chemistry and leadership is all about. — Nick Saban
You know, I've never believed, in anything, that you had to have role models who looked like you to do something. If I'd been waiting for a black, female, soviet specialist role model, I'd be still waiting. — Condoleezza Rice
After the Shah's departure from Iran, I will not become a president nor accept any other leadership role. Just like before, I limit my activities only to guiding and directing the people. — Ruhollah Khomeini
A leader is best when people barely know that he exists. — Witter Bynner
In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions. — Margaret J. Wheatley
Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts; I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertaking leadership roles in the organization. — Frederick Reines
Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself.
One of the problems in the biotech world is the lack of women in leadership roles, and I'd like to see that change by walking the walk. — Jennifer Doudna
I can't give you the sunset, but I can give you the night. — Erin McCarthy
Every great leader knows that his or her role comes with responsibility for those who follow him or her, and in ensuring they provide value in return for their loyalty. — Lewis Howes
The real role of leadership in education ... is not and should not be command and control. The real role of leadership is climate control, creating a climate of possibility. — Ken Robinson
Leadership Quotes
Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. — Colin Powell
The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly. — Jim Rohn
Lead if you can, follow if you must, but don't stand still.
Management is about persuading people to do things they do not want to do, while leadership is about inspiring people to do things they never thought they could. — Steve Jobs
It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership. — Nelson Mandela
Leadership is all about people. It is not about organizations. It is not about plans. It is not about strategies. It is all about people-motivating people to get the job done. You have to be people-centered. — Colin Powell
You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. — Harry S. Truman
You see things and you say, 'Why?'. But I dream things and I say, 'Why not?'. — George Bernard Shaw
Leadership is no longer about your position.
It's now more about your passion for excellence and making a difference
You can lead without a title — Robin Sharma
Leadership Development Quotes
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. — Stevie Wonder
The most valuable "currency" of any organization is the initiative and creativity of its members. Every leader has the solemn moral responsibility to develop these to the maximum in all his people. This is the leader's highest priority. — W. Edwards Deming
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born. — Warren G. Bennis
The single biggest way to impact an organization is to focus on leadership development. There is almost no limit to the potential of an organization that recruits good people, raises them up as leaders and continually develops them. — John C. Maxwell
The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership. — Harvey S. Firestone
Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant. — Zig Ziglar
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. — Max De Pree
People who consider themselves victims of their circumstances will always remain victims unless they develop a greater vision for their lives. — Stedman Graham
Leaders are people who can discern the inevitable and act accordingly. When people talk about business acumen, discernment is a big part of it. It's a bit like gut instinct, but a little more developed. — Donald Trump
A leader's job is to develop committed followers. Bad leaders destroy their followers' sense of commitment. — Dean Smith
What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us. — Henry David Thoreau
The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. — Michelangelo
We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are. — John C. Maxwell
It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs. — Vaclav Havel
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult — Seneca
Leadership is the sum of those qualities of intellect, human understanding, and moral character that enables a person to inspire and control a group of people successfully. — John A. Lejeune
The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better. — Tony Dungy
Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It's about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others' success, and then standing back and letting them shine. — Chris Hadfield
...The final secret is that there is no secret. Devote yourself to your leader. Work hard. Be grateful. Act boldly. Some may deride such suggestions as commonplace, and they'd be right: They are common. But to see them successfully enacted in this world is rare indeed. — Toyotomi Hideyoshi
You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. — Steve Jobs
The flower doesn't dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes. — Mark Nepo
Women speaking up for themselves and for those around them is the strongest force we have to change the world. — Melinda Gates
Happiness for me is really leading the team and, if possible, leading them to the top. — Bernard Arnault
All you need to be successful is the ability to influence. Then you can use that to get everyone else to do everything else. — Alex Hormozi
Poor leaders motivate those following them with false promises of promotions, success, and a great tomorrow but rarely deliver on those promises. — Lewis Howes
Whatever the price of the Chinese Revolution, it has obviously succeeded not only in producing more efficient and dedicated administration, but also in fostering high morale and community of purpose. The social experiment in China under Chairman Mao's leadership is one of the most important and successful in human history. — David Rockefeller
You are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped. — Melinda Gates
If you want to manage somebody, manage yourself. Do that well and you'll be ready to stop managing. And start leading. — Mark Gonzales
One key to successful leadership is continuous personal change. Personal change is a reflection of our inner growth and empowerment. — Robert E. Quinn
The more you pay the price the more you improve. The more you go above and beyond the more you lead. The more you overdeliver on your promises the more you do things others aren't willing to do, you eventually expect success. It's no longer a question. It's inevitable. — Patrick Bet-David
I can give you a six-word formula for success: "Think things through - then follow through." — Eddie Rickenbacker
Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning. — Warren G. Bennis
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position. — John C. Maxwell
When all think alike, then no one is thinking — Walter Lippmann
A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others. By John Maxwell — John C. Maxwell
The most important ingredient for the success of any company is the quality of its people, starting with its leadership team. — Vivek Ramaswamy
A leader is a visionary who successfully carries others along to achieve a particular goal, within a specific time frame. — Folorunsho Alakija
When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. — Steven Wright
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. — Babe Ruth
Showing gratitude for the good things you have is the most powerful happiness boosting activity there is. — Eric Barker
Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts. — Erskine Bowles
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