Leadership Quotes: Mandela to Mark Birnbaum, Ron Hershco to Pat Riley

Leaders change things – they make things happen.  Whether it’s a Rabbi or a community leader, an entrepreneur or a banker, leadership matters. Mark Birnbaum leads a staff of marketers, and Ray Kroc founded McDonalds and of course was a leader.  As Ray Kroc said, “The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.”

Some other great leadership quotes:

• “It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.” Nelson Mandela
• “Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.” Henry Ward Beecher
• “Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.” John D. Rockefeller
  

• “Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.” John C. Maxwell
  

In business, people like Ron Hershco work to secure financing:

• “A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.” Jim Rohn
  
• “Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed.” Mwai Kibaki
• “Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.” George W. Bush
• “To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.” Pat Riley
• “The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.” Faye Wattleton
  

• “The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.” Harvey S. Firestone