“Most people think of leadership as a position and therefore don't see themselves as leaders.”
Stephen R. Covey
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
John Quincy Adams
“Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that these leaders are actuated by altruistic desires”
Bertrand Russell
“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.”
Ralph Nader
“Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.”
Vince Lombardi
“Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.”
Sam Walton
“Leaders must wake people out of inertia. They must get people excited about something they've never seen before, something that does not yet exist.”
Rosabeth Moss Kanter