26 Inspirational Leadership Quotes is a collection of quotes from global thought leaders. The idea was intended to get leaders thinking about how they can influence others and includes 4 questions to facilitate discussion and thought.... Enjoy!

2. Some helpful questions to ask yourself
In order to get the most from these quotes, we suggest
you get yourself a pen and pad and ensure you have a
quiet space to reflect on each quote and how it relates to
you
1 What does this quote say about me?
2 What could I be doing more of / less of on this topic?
3 What is stopping me moving ahead on this topic?
4 What is 1 thing I could be doing to move me closer to
where I want to be?

3. A great leader’s courage to fulfill their vision comes from
passion, not position - John Maxwell

4. The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born - that there
is a genetic factor to leadership. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is
true. Leaders are made rather than born - Warren Bennis

5. Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When
you become a leader, success is all about growing others - Jack Welch

6. A leader is a dealer in hope
- Napoleon Bonaparte

7. A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and
shows the way - John Maxwell

8. I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to
produce more leaders, not more followers - Ralph Nader

9. Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked;
leadership is defined by results not attributes - Peter Drucker
The Big Hole, Kimberley

10. To lead people, walk behind them – Lao Tzu

11. When people are placed in positions slightly above what
they expect, they are apt to excel
– Richard Branson

12. Good judgment comes from experience and experience
comes from bad judgments
– Dr Warne E Dyer

13. Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you
– Margaret Thatcher

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

15. Innovation distinguishes a leader from a follower
– Steve Jobs

16. A leader is best when people barely know they exist,
when their work is done, their aim is fulfilled, people
will say: we did it ourselves – Lao Tzu

17. I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but
today it means getting along with people
- Mahatma Gandhi

18. A good objective
of leadership is
to help those
who are doing
poorly to do well
and to help
those who are
doing well to do
even better
- Jim Rohn

19. Simply put,
without robust
social skills a
leader won’t be
leading for long
- David Rock

20. If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do
more and become more, you are a leader - John Quincy Adams

21. You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in
which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing
you think you cannot do - Eleanor Roosevelt

22. Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness,
but rather by the presence of clear strengths - John Zenger

23. Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through
argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand
- General Colin Powell

24. Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and
talk about the problems - Brian Tracy

25. Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an
environment where excellence is expected – Steve Jobs

26. The key to successful leadership today is influence,
not authority - Kenneth Blanchard

27. A real leader faces the music even when he doesn’t
like the tune – Arnold H Glassgow

28. Be great in little things – St. Francis Xavier

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