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title: "10 Developing Leaders Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [The only thing tougher than developing leadership skills is attempting to be successful without them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orrin-woodward/the-only-thing-tougher-than-developing-leadership-skills-is/)

[Orrin Woodward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orrin-woodward/)

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> [I have always thought that what is needed is the development of people who are interested not in being leaders as much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ella-baker/i-have-always-thought-that-what-is-needed-is-the-development-of/)

[Ella Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ella-baker/)

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> [“Corporations that do a better-than-average job of developing leaders put an emphasis on creating challenging opportunities for relatively young employees.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvard-business-school-press/corporations-that-do-a-better-than-average-job-of-developing-leaders/)

[Harvard Business School Press](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harvard-business-school-press/)

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> [I'll bet most of the companies that are in life-or-death battles got into that kind of trouble because they didn't pay enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-wayne-calloway/i-ll-bet-most-of-the-companies-that-are-in-life-or-death-battles-got/)

[D. Wayne Calloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-wayne-calloway/)

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> [Unless you want to carry the whole load yourself, you need to be developing leaders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-maxwell/unless-you-want-to-carry-the-whole-load-yourself-you-need-to-be/)

[John C. Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-c-maxwell/)

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> [“Good leaders know who they are—their strengths, weaknesses, passions, talents, and values. And, developing leaders always starts with self-awareness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ellis/good-leaders-know-who-they-are-their-strengths-weaknesses-passions/)

[Lee Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ellis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/118/lee-ellis-42183_business_good-leaders-know-who-they-are-their-str_1757488.jpg)

> [In Leading with Honor, Lee uses gripping stories from the POW camps to engage the reader and teach invaluable principles of leadership.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-r-looney-iii/in-leading-with-honor-lee-uses-gripping-stories-from-the-pow-camps-to/)

[William R. Looney III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-r-looney-iii/)

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> [The more attention we can devote to helping developing leaders tune in to their core values - drawing on their real experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-d-friedman/the-more-attention-we-can-devote-to-helping-developing-leaders-tune/)

[Stewart D. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-d-friedman/)

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> [The majority of America's colossal fortunes have been made by entering industries in their early stages and developing leadership in them… Think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/the-majority-of-america-s-colossal-fortunes-have-been-made-by/)

[B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/)

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> [Today, financial capital is no longer the key asset. It is human capital. Success is no longer about economic competence as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-hardy/today-financial-capital-is-no-longer-the-key-asset-it-is-human/)

[Darren Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-hardy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1f/darren-hardy-1748_assets_today-financial-capital-is-no-longer-the_1240734.jpg)

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