Inspiring Leaders Quotes

Great leaders inspire incredible loyalty in their followers and subordinates.

The Democratic Party has had a real problem with recruitment because the party too often looks at just who's next in line in the party to run rather than in finding inspiring new leaders.

The best leaders blend courage with compassion.

Empowering those around you to be heard and valued makes the difference between a leader who simply instructs and one who inspires.

Many of the world’s great movements, of thought and action, have flowed from the work of a single man.

I know there are a lot of musicians and a lot of artists, and there are a lot of writers and other people who inspire young people, but I'd like to see somebody in political life be able to connect and make these choices that we need to make in Washington real in terms of people's lives.

Barack Obama's name will be the one on the peace prize, but his speech and his manner could become a gift for generations to come.

People are more inclined to be drawn in if their leader has a compelling vision. Great leaders help people get in touch with their own aspirations and then will help them forge those aspirations into a personal vision.

All leaders are influenced by those they admire. Reading about them and studying their traits inevitably allows an inspiring leader to develop his own leadership traits.

At the heart of great leadership is a curious mind, heart, and spirit.

Politicians should inspire you to vote, they should appeal to people.

Every great leader has a generosity gene.

Bernie Sanders has inspired millions of people in this country.

Great leaders don't try to please everyone. Great leaders don't water down their message in order to make the tribe a bit bigger. Instead, they realize that a motivated, connected tribe in the midst of a movement is far more powerful than a larger group could ever be.

Countries aren't built by boring people.

Any great and inspiring leader or organization that ever existed set out to do something completely unrealistic.

We are willing to follow leaders only to the extent we believe they call on our best, not our worst.

You know, larger than life is always better than smaller than life in politicians. And, you know, God save us from mediocrities.

I'm proud that I've been able to work with other artists to make sure that the smallest voices - the voices of our children - have a chance to be heard. Artists can reach, inspire, and motivate young people and leaders in a powerful way.

The genius of guys like Lincoln and Reagan and FDR - the great communicator leaders - is that they're actually educators, so they understand when they use a phrase that they have to explain it, because, by definition, you won't understand it or they wouldn't need to be using it.

I believe that history is not made by cynics. It is made by realists who are not afraid to dream. Let us be these people.

People call up just to ask me to thank the President, sometimes for something as intangible as the fact that he has given them back their courage.

Every boss I've ever had has challenged me, pushed me, believed in me, and led by example.

I have seen humility in many of the finest leaders I have met the world over. And indeed, it is embodied in the warm, engaging and quintessentially successful spirit of Sir Richard Branson.

When they [young people] believe they are the difference! That their voice matters and to use the incredible power each one of them has. I work with an amazing young man, Jaylen Arnold, who started a foundation and a movement to educate people about tolerance and to stop bullying when he was eight years old. He never ceases to inspire me.