50 Quotes on Leadership Every Entrepreneur Should Follow

Every entrepreneur knows that the success of their business ultimately rests on their shoulders. Yes, the product you build and the team you hire are important, but your ability to lead is what carries your company.

With that kind of pressure, it’s easy to feel stressed, lonely and overwhelmed at times. Every great leader has faced a challenge that defined their greatness, which is why we often turn to their advice when needed.

Whether you’re an entrepreneur, business owner, or team leader, here are 50 inspirational quotes on leadership for when you need a little pep talk.

 "A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be." – Rosalynn Carter

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." – John Quincy Adams

"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

"As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others." – Bill Gates

“A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit." - John Maxwell

“Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.” - Brian Tracy

 "The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic." – George Orwell

"Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others." – Jack Welch

“Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.” - Peter Drucker

"My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better." - Steve Jobs

"The led must not be compelled. They must be able to choose their own leader." – Albert Einstein

“Great leaders find ways to connect with their people and help them fulfill their potential.” - Steven J. Stowell

"A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd." - Max Lucado

“A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.”  - Stephen King

“Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty, and industry. Don't take too much advice — keep at the helm and steer your own ship, and remember that the great art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.” - Noah Porter

"Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter." Jaachynma N.E. Agu

“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” - Theodore Roosevelt

“Screw it, let’s just do it.” - Richard Branson