Leader quotes

“I'm not the leader of Queen, I'm only the lead singer.”

“You're no general. You're not even a good painter.”

Kevin Costner - The Postman

“- Lt. Leak: Captain, uh... there must be some mistake. I'm supposed to be in a Texas unit. Most of these boys are from New York and I just don't understand a word these city fellers are sayin'.
- Capt. George McMurtry: You don't have to understand them Lieutenant, they have to understand you.”
Jay Rodan - Lt. Leak
Phil McKee - Capt. George McMurtry

“They can be a great people, Kal-El, they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you... my only son.”

Marlon Brando - Jor-El

“As the leader of all illegal activities in Casablanca, I am an influential and respected man.”
Sydney Greenstreet - Signor Ferrari

“This is no democracy. It is a dictatorship. I am the law.”

Denzel Washington - Coach Herman Boone

“What's sad in a way is that the people that are the most giving, hardworking, and capable of making this world better, usually don't have the ego and ambition to be a leader.”
Julie Delpy - Celine

“To be a good soldier you must love the army. To be a good commander you must be able to order the death of the thing you love.”

Martin Sheen - Gen. Robert E. Lee

“We can learn, and if the knowledge is given to everyone then we can have lots of leaders, and soon everyone will be strong, not just the ones that have been chosen.”
Keisha Castle-Hughes - Paikea

“You don’t need a title to be a leader.”
Travis Fimmel - Ragnar Lothbrok

“Only the most broken people can be great leaders.”
Tenoch Huerta - Namor

“Sometimes, as a leader, you have to make tough calls in order to serve the greater good.”
Grant Gustin - Barry Allen

“I’m just saying, somewhere, someone in this galaxy is ruling, and others are being ruled.”
Bill Burr - Mayfeld

“Keep thinking you know everything. Some people are so far behind in a race that they actually think they’re leading.”
Dominic Chianese - Junior Soprano

“That’s what being a boss is. You steer the ship the best way you know. Sometimes it’s smooth. Sometimes you hit the rocks.”
Dominic Chianese - Junior Soprano

“True leadership is not running away from those who disagree with you, but embracing them.”
Kevin Spacey - Francis Underwood

“First, you must learn to pull an oar. Only then can you take the helm.”
Kevin Spacey - Francis Underwood

“A great man doesn’t seek to lead; he’s called to it, and he answers.”
Oscar Isaac - Duke Leto Atreides

“A leader can’t lead ’til he knows where he’s going.”
Terry O'Quinn - John Locke

“I now understand why being a leader requires isolation. I have to remove myself from those whose lives were affected by my decisions. Those I love as well as those I hate. It's getting more and more difficult to be a brother when my decisions are the ones a father has to make. I now realize that every time I make a decision effects everyone...” (continue)(continue reading)
Charlie Hunnam - Jackson 'Jax' Teller

“I’m going to die for the people, because I live for the people! I live for the people, because I love the people!”
Daniel Kaluuya - Fred Hampton

“People have to be angry at someone. But as leader, one cannot simply react to everything.”
John Lithgow - Winston Churchill

“Men, good or bad, do not follow what they don’t respect.”
Ted Levine - Chief Thomas Byrnes

“- Wyldstyle: You are not our leader.
- Batman: How many movies are made about you? None. I have nine movies, and three more currently in development.”
Elizabeth Banks - Wyldstyle
Will Arnett - Batman

“Who is the boss? The cop or the law?”
Charlton Heston - Mike Vargas