Quotes about leadership
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Ben Jonson1572–1637Timber: or Discoveries
Robert Jordan1948–2007New Spring (January 2004), Chapter 1: The Hook
John F. Kennedy1917–1963Remarks Prepared for Delivery at the Trade Mart in Dallas- KKKen Kesey1935–2001As quoted in Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (1968), ch. 6
Leadership is rooted not in power and authority, but in service and wisdom.
Robin Wall Kimmererborn 1953Braiding Sweetgrass (2013), p. 112Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus, but a molder of consensus.
Martin Luther King Jr.1929–1968“A Proper Sense of Priorities”, speech in Washington, D.C. (6 February 1968)The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
Henry Kissinger1923–2023Years of Upheaval (1982), ch. 25: The End of the Road
T. E. Lawrence1888–1935The Evolution of A Revolt (1920)I cannot consent to place in the control of others one who cannot control himself.
Robert E. Lee1807–1870Comment regarding officers who became inebriated, as quoted in Personal Reminiscences, Anecdotes, and Letters of Gen. Robert E. Lee (1874) by John William Jones, p. 170
George Lucasborn 1944Interview with Bill Moyers for The Mythology of Star Wars (1999)
