Quotes about Leadership
The man who can look upon a crisis without being willing to offer himself upon the altar of his country is not for public trust.
— Millard Fillmore
The most essential quality for leadership is not perfection but credibility. People must be able to trust you.
— Rick Warren
Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Leadership is learned, earned, and discerned. You develop it. It's based on trust and credibility. Others see it in you. You can't demand it.
— Rick Warren
I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
— Benjamin Disraeli
Organizations are no longer built on force, but on trust.
— Peter Drucker
When we tell people to do their jobs, we get workers. When we trust people to get the job done, we get leaders.
— Simon Sinek
Captaincy is something you get better at through experience. You've got to trust your instincts.
— Andrew Flintoff
There are three qualities a leader must exemplify to build trust: competence, connection, and character.
— John Maxwell
All power is a trust, that we are accountable for its exercise.
— Benjamin Disraeli
The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust.
— Cicero
Trust the people -- that is the crucial lesson of history.
— Ronald Reagan