Quotes about Leadership
Quality effective leaders have the confidence to trust others to try, succeed, and sometimes to fail.
— Simon Sinek
In my experience, followers always ask leaders 3 questions: 1) Do you care 4 me? 2) Can you help me? 3) Can I trust you?
— John Maxwell
Trust is equal parts character and competence... You can look at any leadership failure, and it's always a failure of one or the other.
— Stephen Covey
Over time, I have come to this simple definition of leadership: Leadership is getting results in a way that inspires trust.
— Stephen Covey
While they came from a variety of religious backgrounds and held a wide variety of religious beliefs, each of our presidents in his own way has placed a special trust in God.
— John F. Kennedy
When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself as public property.
— Thomas Jefferson
If people like you, they'll listen to you, but if they trust you, they'll do business with you.
— Zig Ziglar
Leaders should be able to Stand Alone, Take the Heat, Bear the Pain, Tell the Truth, and Do What's Right
— Max De Pree
Trust grows when people see leaders translate their personal integrity into organizational fidelity. At the heart of fidelity lies truth-telling and promise-keeping.
— Max De Pree
Always tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible.
— Jimmy Carter
I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, 'Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.' I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it's not that simple.
— Sheryl Sandberg
If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair
— Shirley Chisholm