100 Best Leadership Quotes

1. “You are what you seek. You seek what you are.”

2. “Life doesn’t owe you anything. You owe life everything.”

3. “What you know defines you better than

who you know.”

4. “You become great because of who you are, not what you have.”

5. “The past is the gateway to the future.”

6. “The world within you is of greater consequence than the world around you.”

7. “What you practice in private you will be rewarded for in public.”

8. “Think much, say little, do much.”

9. “You get what you fight for, not what you deserve.”

10. “To rise really high you sometimes have to dig deep down really low.”

11. “Your greatest trials lead you to your greatest triumphs.”

12. “Failure teaches you how to win. Success teaches you how not to fail.”

13. “Overcome your weaknesses. Multiply your strengths.”

14. “Believe in yourself, not in your obstacles.”

15. “Let your talents do all of the talking.”

16. “Doers achieve more than talkers.”

17. “Listening allows you to learn more than speaking.”

18. “Influence is a leader’s currency.”

19. “One who can take orders can give orders.”

20. “To be in authority one has to respect authority.”

21. “A leader can follow, but a follower cannot lead.”

22. “What you see in others you must first be able to recognize inside yourself.”

23. “Accept people for who they are, then help them become who they must be.”

24. “People see what they are, not what is in front of them.”

25. “Your self-worth is your net worth.”

26. “Bring your best self wherever you go.”

27. “Never give bitterness an inch or it will take a mile.”

28. “When you reach rock bottom you are ready to attend the school of greatness.”

29. “Pain is the evil twin of power.”

30. “The greatest battles go to the strongest warriors.”

31. “If they throw storms at you, become a hurricane.”

32. “What came to break you came to make you.”

33. “Believe in yourself even when no one else will believe in you.”

34. “Master fear before it masters you.”

35. “The confidence of sheep is greater than the insecurity of wolves.”

36. “Fear only comes into your life for you to conquer it.”

37. “Nothing can conquer you once you have conquered yourself.”

38. “Attack like you’ve never won. Defend like you’ve never lost.”

39. “Never let power blind you to your weaknesses. Never let weaknesses blind you to your strengths.”

40. “What makes others weak should make you strong; what makes others foolish should make you wise.”

41. “Warriors suffer for their dreams. Cowards pay for their fears.”

42. “Fear is impotent when you challenge it.”

43. “A seed only realizes its potential the day you bury it.”

44. “Learn how to walk before you learn how to fly.”

45. “Be patient with others but strict with yourself.”

46. “Learn and you will live. Live and you will learn.”

47. “Life will only push you off of a cliff if it’s going to give you wings to fly.”

48. “Pain is necessary cargo when sailing to success.”

49. “An ant that sails a river is greater than an elephant that drowns at sea.”

50. “Skill is the shortcut to success.”

51. “Common sense is better than education.”

52. “Learning is better than cursing ignorance.”

53. “Raise your mind, drop your ignorance.”

54. “Big thinkers become big winners.”

55. “A strong mind is greater than a strong fist.”

56. “Height is not might.”

57. “Brains supersede brawn.”

58. “Intuition is greater than intellect.”

59. “Doubt words. Trust actions.”

60. “Weigh words, judge deeds.”

61. “What you do defines you better than what you say.”

62. “If you put all your eggs in one basket, make sure you carry it well.”

63. “If you buy a fish, you only get one. If you buy a net, you can catch a thousand.”

64. “One fish in your net is better than ten thousand in a river.”

65. “Gathering eggs is common sense; waiting for them to hatch is wisdom.”

66. “Never ruin a good opportunity fixating on a bad one.”

67. “An ounce of truth is better than a pound of speculation.”

68. “Truth is gold that never loses its value.”

69. “Integrity lives next door to honor.”

70. “You owe the world what you freely give to yourself.”

71. “Help yourself before you help others.”

72. “What you give is worth more than what you take.”

73. “Be happy with who you are, but only content with who you should be.”

74. “No one can do a better job at being you.”

75. “It is better to be weak and wise than to be strong and foolish.”

76. “It is better to be feared by the rich than to be respected by the poor.”

77. “A wise ant will rule over an intelligent elephant.”

78. “It is easier for a lion to rule a jungle than for a bear to rule a forest.”

79. “If you have no future, create one.”

80. “The mind never puts a limit on how much you can achieve, you do.”

81. “The harvest you reap is in proportion to the seeds you sow.”

82. “You will only grow wings if you believe you can fly.”

83. “Use life’s storms to sail to success.”

84. “You cannot stop the ocean’s currents, but you can swim.”

85. “Underestimating yourself is better than underestimating your opponents.”

86. “I would rather be the tail of a lion than be the head of a hyena.”

87. “A wise man who rents a cave is still greater than a fool who owns a forest.”

88. “It is better to see through one eye than to hear through two ears.”

89. “When fortune favors fools it is to punish them for the sake of the wise.”

90. “The teacher is intelligent, the lesson is wise.”

91. “The master’s view from the valley is greater than the student’s view from the mountaintop.”

92. “A student graduates when he learns to swim, but a master graduates when he learns to walk on water.”

93. “Never despise drops, they become oceans.”

94. “A united army of ants can defeat a divided army of elephants.”

95. “Bruises from a friend are better than kisses from an enemy.”

96. “The attack of an enemy is easier to fend off than the betrayal of a friend.”

97. “Be wise enough to learn from your friends, shrewd enough to capitalize on your acquaintances, and clever enough to prepare for your enemies.”

98. “The journey to greatness is a marathon, not a hundred meter dash.”


99. “If an ant can conquer an elephant, you can conquer anything.”


100. “Book smart people rule the classroom, street smart people rule the world.”


“Imagination is the fountain of genius.”


~Matshona Dhliwayo

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