5. The Art of Decision Making: A Leader's Role in Shaping the Future

1. "Leadership is not about being the best. It is about making everyone else better." — Unknown

2. "A leader is a dealer in hope." — Napoleon Bonaparte

3. "People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision." — John C. Maxwell

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

5. "Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders." — Tom Peters

6. "In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." — Thomas Jefferson

7. "Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions." — Harold Geneen

8. "To lead people, walk behind them." — Lao Tzu

9. "Leadership is a series of behaviors rather than a role for heroes." — Margaret Wheatley

10. "Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but by the presence of clear strengths." — John Zenger

11. "A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others." — Douglas MacArthur

12. "The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not a bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy." — Jim Rohn

13. "The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership." — Harvey S. Firestone

15. "Leadership is not about being perfect. It’s about being real." — Kristen Hadeed

16"Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard." — Peter Drucker

17. "A boss has the title, a leader has the people." — Simon Sinek

18. "Real leadership is not about prestige, power, or status. It is about responsibility." — Robert L. Joss

19. "Leadership means forming a team and working toward common objectives that are tied to time, metrics, and resources." — Russel Honore

21. "You don’t lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership." — Dwight D. Eisenhower

22. "Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results, not attributes." — Peter Drucker

Quotes on Leadership by Great Leaders:

1. "A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way."

— John C. Maxwell

2. "Leadership is not about being in charge. It's about taking care of those in your charge." — Simon Sinek

3. "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

4. "Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others." — Jack Welch

5. "A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus." — Martin Luther King Jr.

6. "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower." — Steve Jobs

7. "Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality." — Warren Bennis

8. "The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes." — Tony Blair

9. "Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another." — John C. Maxwell

10. "He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander." — Aristotle

11. "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

12. "Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better." — Bill Bradley

13. "Earn your leadership every day." — Michael Jordan

14. "The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers." — Ralph Nader

15. "Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

16. "The task of the leader is to get their people from where they are to where they have not been." — Henry Kissinger

17. "Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other."— John F. Kennedy

18. "To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart."

— Eleanor Roosevelt

19. "Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it." — Dwight D. Eisenhower

20. "A leader is best when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves." — Lao Tzu