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Quotes on leadership and guiding others well. This hand-picked collection brings together 22 of the finest leadership quotes ever written — from Abraham Lincoln, Walt Whitman, Theodore Roosevelt and other great voices. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.

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.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

— Abraham Lincoln

We convince by our presence.

— Walt Whitman

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

— Theodore Roosevelt

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.

— Dale Carnegie

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Culture eats strategy for breakfast.

— Peter Drucker

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

— Steve Jobs

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

— Leonardo da Vinci

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

— Albert Schweitzer

The price of greatness is responsibility.

— Winston Churchill

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

— Plato

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

— Andrew Carnegie

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision.

— Andrew Carnegie

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

— Peter Drucker

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

— Cicero

Be noble, and the nobleness that lies in other men will soon awake in them.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The price of greatness is responsibility — take it, and greatness follows.

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