Leadership Quotes

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”

“Don't walk in front of me. I may not follow.”

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform, or pause and reflect.”

“We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.”

“My dear fellow, who will let you?”

“Remember: if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good and kind and brave because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory.”

“Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could.”

“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.”

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”

“The Seven Social Sins are:”

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”

“Well-behaved women seldom make history.”

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you'll be criticized anyway.”

“I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”

“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”

“Don't touch any of my weapons without my permission.”

“First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. Then they attack you and want to burn you. Then they build monuments to you.”

“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

“In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”

“A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.”

“It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!”

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”