1) "Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence." — Sheryl Sandberg 2) "Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge." — Simon Sinek 3) "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 4) "A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves." — Lao Tzu 5) "Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it." — Dwight D. Eisenhower 6) "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you." — Ruth Bader Ginsburg 7) "The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not a bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly." — Jim Rohn 8) "Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality." — Warren Bennis 9) "Leadership is a series of behaviors rather than a role for heroes." — Margaret Wheatley 10) "Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position." — Brian Tracy 11) "The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority." — Kenneth Blanchard 12) "To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart." — Eleanor Roosevelt 13) "Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others." — Jack Welch 14) "The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants and associates smarter than they are." — John Wooden 15) "The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant." — Max DePree 16) "You never let someone define who you are. Only you define who you are." — Ginni Rometty 17) "Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front." — Nelson Mandela