“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” – Warren Bennis

“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets people to do the greatest things.” – Ronald Reagan

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” – John C. Maxwell

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs

“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” – Ralph Nader

“Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.” – John C. Maxwell

“The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.” – Ray Kroc

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.” – Harold Geneen

“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” – Jack Welch

“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.” – Arnold H. Glasow

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” – John F. Kennedy

“People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.” – Brian Tracy

“The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants and associates smarter than they are.” – John C. Maxwell

“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.” – Albert Schweitzer

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists.” – Lao Tzu

“You don’t lead by hitting people over the head—that’s assault, not leadership.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” – Peter Drucker

“Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel.” – Sam Walton

“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not a bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.” – Jim Rohn

“Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.” – Seth Godin

“Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.” – Sheryl Sandberg