--- title: "10 Leader Say Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Leader Say quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Leader Say sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7de/john-c-maxwell-113_good-leader_the-most-important-personal-growth-phras_790435.jpg" --- > [“The most important personal-growth phrase you will ever hear a good leader say to you is “follow me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-maxwell/the-most-important-personal-growth-phrase-you-will-ever-hear-a-good/) [John C. Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-c-maxwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7de/john-c-maxwell-113_good-leader_the-most-important-personal-growth-phras_790435.jpg) > [My job as a leader is not to say, 'Hey, look at me. I'm a leader.' It's to lead. I mean, I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-freeman/my-job-as-a-leader-is-not-to-say-hey-look-at-me-i-m-a-leader-it-s-to/) [Josh Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-freeman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b9/josh-freeman-87223_games_my-job-as-a-leader-is-not-to-say-hey-loo_1476213.jpg) > [It is a big embarrassment that a leader can say on the eve of an election that he cannot hand over power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raila-odinga/it-is-a-big-embarrassment-that-a-leader-can-say-on-the-eve-of-an/) [Raila Odinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raila-odinga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/raila-odinga-22479_bigs_it-is-a-big-embarrassment-that-a-leader_424048.jpg) > [I don't know whether any religious leader would say that we must ultimately win, because we're on God's side. If they do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reinhold-niebuhr/i-don-t-know-whether-any-religious-leader-would-say-that-we-must/) [Reinhold Niebuhr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reinhold-niebuhr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d9/reinhold-niebuhr-1881_ifs_i-don-t-know-whether-any-religious-leade_2171919.png) > [In my mind, a good leader would say, 'OK, I need to sit down and talk to the guys who oppose me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-cuban/in-my-mind-a-good-leader-would-say-ok-i-need-to-sit-down-and-talk-to/) [Mark Cuban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-cuban/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac5/mark-cuban-889_good_in-my-mind-a-good-leader-would-say-ok-i_581451.jpg) > [“Anybody who wants to be President, you should right away say, "I don't want to hear that guy anymore." WOMAN: I'm sorry?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/anybody-who-wants-to-be-president-you-should-right-away-say-i-don-t/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/431/noam-chomsky-42_leadership_anybody-who-wants-to-be-president-you-sh_2622502.jpg) > [Donald Trump for his part's out there saying it's outrageous for a religious leader to say that he's not a Christian. Trump's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/donald-trump-for-his-part-s-out-there-saying-it-s-outrageous-for-a/) [Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d68/rush-limbaugh-28_christian_donald-trump-for-his-part-s-out-there-sa_2221741.jpg) > [This is the problem with the United States: there's no leadership. A leader would say, 'Police brutality is an oxymoron. There are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krs-one/this-is-the-problem-with-the-united-states-there-s-no-leadership-a/) [KRS-One](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krs-one/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1be/krs-one-2404_brutality_this-is-the-problem-with-the-united-stat_402064.jpg) > [“Mistress?” the leader would say. “Do not tell me that such a beauty as yourself dwells all alone?” “Oh, yes,” I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-miller/mistress-the-leader-would-say-do-not-tell-me-that-such-a-beauty-as/) [Madeline Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/757/madeline-miller-2938_assumptions_mistress-the-leader-would-say-do-not-tel_2506955.jpg) > [“I had stopped believing in the perfect leader who could say 'Let there be justice' and by the force of his word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alisa-harris/i-had-stopped-believing-in-the-perfect-leader-who-could-say-let-there/) [Alisa Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alisa-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fda/alisa-harris-43994_justice_i-had-stopped-believing-in-the-perfect-l_2261048.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/leader-say/#itemlist", "name": "Leader Say Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The most important personal-growth phrase you will ever hear a good leader say to you is “follow me.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John C. 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