A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him. But of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say, 'We did this ourselves.'
Laozi

A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
Ralph Nader

Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need.
Mike Krzyzewski

A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
Golda Meir

Qaddafi is hated because he is the leader of a small country that is rich, but he uses his money to finance liberation struggles.
Louis Farrakhan

They should regard me as what I am. I am a spiritual leader and teacher.
Louis Farrakhan

I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.
Desmond Tutu

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?
Benjamin Disraeli

Stories are the single most powerful tool in a leader's toolkit.
Howard Gardner

It won't do away with hierarchy totally, but the principal leader will be the person who most exemplifies the kind of organization and behavior required who is best able to create the conditions such organizations require.
Dee Hock

A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
Joe DiMaggio

The new leader is a facilitator, not an order giver.
John Naisbitt

Ted Turner is still a leader. And he sets a great example. His ability financially has been reduced, but his influence and his example still is an important asset to the whole environmental movement.
Maurice Strong

Somebody has to take responsibility for being a leader.
Toni Morrison

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.
John Updike

I hope America can also be the cultural leader of the world, and use this frontier spirit to lead and show others that we need courage to go places where we have not gone before.
Tadao Ando

You always want to try to make something new, and, of course, America is the world leader in economics today.
Tadao Ando

The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error.
Hannah Arendt

A political leader must keep looking over his shoulder all the time to see if the boys are still there. If they aren't still there, he's no longer a political leader.
Bernard Baruch

The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.
Ray Kroc