Top 12 True Leader Quotes

True leaders are born when you find something to die for

True leaders are born when you find something to die for

Myles Munroe

Leader, Born, True Leader

True leadership has people who follow when they have the freedom not to.

James C. Collins

People, Good To Great, True Leader

The true leader is always led.

Carl Jung

Leadership, Leader, True Leader

True leadership is servanthood. Put the interests of others at the center of your decisions.

Dave Ramsey

Decision, Interest, True Leader

True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned. It comes only from Influence.

John C. Maxwell

Influence, True Leader, True Leadership

John C. Maxwell (2007). “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership Workbook: Revised and Updated”, p.14, Thomas Nelson Inc

The leaven of true leadership cannot lift others unless we are with and serve those to be led.

Spencer W. Kimball

Leadership, Proximity, True Leader

Spencer W. Kimball (1982). “The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, Twelfth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”

The exercise of true leadership is inversely proportional to the exercise of power.

Stephen Covey

Exercise, Democracy, True Leader

Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness”, p.301, Simon and Schuster

Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less...titles don't have much value when it comes to leading. True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned, it comes only from influence, and that cannot be mandated. It must be earned.

John C. Maxwell

Titles, Influence, True Leader

A true leader produces more leaders.

Zig Ziglar

Leader, Produce, True Leader

True leadership is measured by what happens after you die.

Myles Munroe

True Leader, True Leadership, Happens

"The Leadership For Social Justice Project In Ghana: Planting Seeds Of Social Change" by Dr. Artika R. Tyner, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 16, 2016.