100 Leadership Quotes

Leadership guru, Paul Sohn provides us with 100 leadership quotes as part of a collection that he assembled for a quote book which he is offering free to his readers.

The following 10 quotes are my favorites:

16. The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. —William Arthur Ward
17. Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. —Albert Schweitzer
19. Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers. —Harry Truman
21. Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand. —Colin Powell
22. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality; the last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. —Max De Pree
26. Personal leadership is the process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with them. —Stephen Covey
28. The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. —Martin Luther King, Jr.
46. A leader’s most powerful ally is his or her own example. ―John Wooden (see 95th birthday interview with former players here and here).
57. Always do right. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest. ―Mark Twain
97. Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, “what’s in it for me?”  ―Brian Tracy

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