Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

The essence of leadership involves a clear sense of what you want to achieve, the ability to do what may be unpopular … and a willingness to step up

Leaders do not sway with the polls. Instead, they sway the polls through their own words and actions.

Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.

Leadership is of the spirit, compounded of personality and vision

If You are a man who leads, that your way to govern may freely travel, You should do outstanding things.

We've got to stop pandering and start leading.

A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don't have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Throughout my years, I haven't had that fear.

A leader is a person you will follow to a place you wouldn't go by yourself.

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

In the end, leadership comes down to consistency and strong, confident action upon which the team can rely - and this doesn't mean imposing a bunch of rules.

There are good leaders who actively guide and bad leaders who actively misguide. Hence, leadership is about persuasion, presentation and people skills.

For me, leadership is making a difference. It's using your agency to bring about change.

In the simplest terms, a leader is one who knows where she wants and gets up and goes.

Leadership comes in small acts as well as bold strokes.

Everything rises and falls on leadership.

I am and always will be a leader.

To be a leader, you have to make people want to follow you, and nobody wants to follow someone who doesn't know where he is going.

The capacity to persuade is an essential part of being a great leader.

Real leaders do not follow polls. Real leaders change polls.

Leadership involves persuasion, and conciliation, and education and patience. It's long, slow, tough work. That is the only kind of leadership I know or will believe in, or will practice.

Leadership does matter.

I've been involved with great scripts and so-so leadership, and it's clear to me that leadership is the most compelling factor.