Leadership Maxims

FAVORITE LEADERSHIP MAXIMS COHORT 13

Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming. ~David Bowie
The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion. ~Paula Coelho
Only when it's dark enough can you see the stars. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone. ~Henry Kissinger
If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.~George Bernard Shaw

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. ~ Winston Churchill
Contrary to popular belief, the best way to climb to the top of the ladder is to take others up there with you. ~ Maria Eitel
Great leaders don’t set out to be a leader; they set out to make a difference. It’s never about the role; it’s always about the goal. ~ Lisa Haisha
If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, then you are an excellent leader. ~ Dolly Parton
Some people only ask others to do something. I believe that, why should I wait for someone else? Why don’t I take a step and move forward? ~ Malala Yousafzai

Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better. ~ Bill Bradley
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. ~ Charles Dickens
You are never too small to make a difference. ~ Greta Thunburg
When the best leader's work is done, the people say, 'We did it ourselves." ~ Lao Tzu
A leader is a dealer in hope. ~ Napolean Bonaparte

Great leaders do not desire to lead but to serve. ~ Myles Munroe
Seek first to understand then to be understood. ~ Franklin Covey
If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
I refuse to believe that you cannot be both compassionate and strong. ~ Jacinda Ardern
While others search for what they can take, a true king searches for what he can give. ~Mufasa, "The Lion King"

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. ~ Max Lucado
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails. ~ John Maxwell
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ~ Harold McAlindon
I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. ~ Mother Teresa
Don't raise your voice, improve your argument. ~ Desmond Tutu

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Fight for the things that you care about but do it in a way that will lead others to join you. ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better. ~ Robert Kennedy
Are you going to be a leader to make a difference or to make a name for yourself. ~ Joe Manchin
Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway. ~ John Wayne

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget that you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. ~ Maya Angelou
Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world. ~ Howard Zinn
I cannot do all the good the world needs, but the world needs all the good I can do. ~ Jana Stanfield
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 size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough. ~ Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on theworld around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. ~ Jane Goodall
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. ~ Vince Lombardi
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. ~ Max Lucado
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. ~ Barack Obama

A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them. ~ M.D. Arnold
What you do has far greater impact than what you say. ~ Stephen Covey
I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples. ~ Mother Teresa
Excellence in anything increases your potential in everything. ~ Joseph J. Rogan
Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you'll be criticized anyway. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

The struggles along the way are only meant to shape you for your purpose. ~ Chadwick Boseman
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
Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you. ~Ruth Bader Ginzburg
Our unity is our strength & diversity is our power. ~ Kamala Harris
The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves. ~ Ray Kroc

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do. ~ Kobe Bryant
Continue to surprise those who would put you in a neat demographic. Be insistently curious. ~ Gordon Gee
We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity but in love with humanity. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr
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
A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader - a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

How you do anything is how you do everything. ~ Neal Brown
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails. ~ John Maxwell
You’ll know you’re a good leader when people will follow you…if only out of curiosity. ~ Colin Powell
The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He [or she] is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things. ~ Ronald Reagan
Let us remember: one book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world. ~ Malala Yousafzai

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. ~ John Quincy Adams
What you do has far greater impact than what you say. ~ Stephen Covey
Do what you do so well that they will want to see it again and bring their friends. ~ Walt Disney
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows. ~ Ralph Marston
Great leaders don’t tell you what to do. They show you how it’s done. ~Theodore Roosevelt