In honor of National Boss Day on October 16, we have gathered some of our favorite quotes on leadership, said by great leaders throughout history.

1. What Makes A Great Leader?
10 Inspirational Leadership Quotes

2. “Leadership is the art of getting
someone else to do something
you want done because he
wants to do it.”
- President Dwight Eisenhower
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3. “Every leader needs to look back once in a
while to make sure he has followers.”
- Unknown
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4. “As we look ahead into the next century,
leaders will be those who empower others.”
- Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft
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5. “It is better to lead from behind and to put others
in front, especially when you celebrate victory
when nice things occur. You take the front line
when there is danger. Then people will
appreciate your leadership.”
- Nelson Mandela
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6. "People ask the difference
between a leader and a
boss. The leader leads,
and the boss drives.”
- President Theodore Roosevelt
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7. “Leadership is solving problems. The day
soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the
day you have stopped leading them. They have
either lost confidence that you can help or
concluded you do not care. Either case is a
failure of leadership.”
- Colin Powell, Former Secretary of State
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8. "Leadership is a combination of strategy and
character. If you must be without one, be
without the strategy.”
- U.S. General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
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9. "Leadership and learning are
indispensable to each other."
– President John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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10. "If your actions inspire others to dream more,
learn more, do more and become more, you are
a leader.”
- President John Quincy Adams
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11. "Nearly all men can stand
adversity, but if you want to
test a man's character, give
him power."
- President Abraham Lincoln
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12. Thank You
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