1. Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.-Colin Powell
2. Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.-Colin Powell
3. Let the improvement of yourself keep you so busy that you have no time to criticize others.-Roy T. Bennett
4. Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.-Warren Bennis
5. Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.-John C. Maxwell
6. Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.-George Patton
7. Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.-Margaret Thatcher
8. You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.-Nancy D. Solomon
9. Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.-Jack Welch
10. A leader is a dealer in hope.-Napoleon Bonaparte
11. It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.-Adlai E. Stevenson Ii
12. Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.-Robert Louis Stevenson
13. Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.-Vince Lombardi
14. Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flow charts. It is about one life influencing another.-John C. Maxwell
15. People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.-Theodore Roosevelt
16. A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.-John C. Maxwell
17. Nothing is impossible, the word itself says I’m possible!-Audrey Hepburn
18. 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
19. Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.-Steve Jobs
20. It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.-Roy T. Bennett
21. Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.-Eleanor Roosevelt
22. To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.-Eleanor Roosevelt
23. In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.-Max De Pree
24. Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.-Colin Powell
25. 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
26. Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.-John F. Kennedy
27. Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.-Colin Powell
28. The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.-Ronald Reagan
29. Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.-Ralph Waldo Emerson