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title: "10 Leaders Choose Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Leaders Choose quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Leaders Choose sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Noble leaders choose: wisdom over wealth, knowledge over fame, understanding over honor, virtue over titles, and people over power.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matshona-dhliwayo/noble-leaders-choose-wisdom-over-wealth-knowledge-over-fame/)

[Matshona Dhliwayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matshona-dhliwayo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55b/matshona-dhliwayo-52_character_noble-leaders-choose-wisdom-over-wealth_1756433.jpg)

> [When leaders choose to burn bridges instead of build them, they sacrifice their ability to do their jobs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-baker/when-leaders-choose-to-burn-bridges-instead-of-build-them-they/)

[Charlie Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-baker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a4/charlie-baker-8604_ability_when-leaders-choose-to-burn-bridges-inst_748820.jpg)

> [One of the things that good leaders do is choose good people to work for them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-swan/one-of-the-things-that-good-leaders-do-is-choose-good-people-to-work/)

[Norman Swan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-swan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bb/norman-swan-31019_choose_one-of-the-things-that-good-leaders-do-i_62743.jpg)

> [Leaders always choose the harder right rather than the easier wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orrin-woodward/leaders-always-choose-the-harder-right-rather-than-the-easier-wrong/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d73/orrin-woodward-1907_easier_leaders-always-choose-the-harder-right-r_2452382.png)

> [All great leaders choose great advisors, people they really trust for their governance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-payne/all-great-leaders-choose-great-advisors-people-they-really-trust-for/)

[Tom Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-payne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/443/tom-payne-11262_advisors_all-great-leaders-choose-great-advisors_57411.jpg)

> [When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-burke/when-the-leaders-choose-to-make-themselves-bidders-at-an-auction-of/)

[Edmund Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-burke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/485/edmund-burke-400_construction_when-the-leaders-choose-to-make-themselv_919884.jpg)

> [“Leaders can choose to grow and change, but generally the most powerful predictor of future performance is past behavior. Evaluate them realistically.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ellis/leaders-can-choose-to-grow-and-change-but-generally-the-most-powerful/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/894/lee-ellis-42183_business_leaders-can-choose-to-grow-and-change-bu_1570147.jpg)

> [Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-j-wheatley/even-though-worker-capacity-and-motivation-are-destroyed-when-leaders/)

[Margaret J. Wheatley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-j-wheatley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e9/margaret-j-wheatley-4368_boss_even-though-worker-capacity-and-motivati_367453.png)

> [“Leaders do not choose, rather they respond to God choosing them. Thus, the first responsive step of leadership is of utmost importance.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-sayers/leaders-do-not-choose-rather-they-respond-to-god-choosing-them-thus/)

[Mark Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-sayers/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/mark-sayers-49917_leader_leaders-do-not-choose-rather-they-respon_3224763.jpg)

> [“All over the globe today, the environment is at odds with the economy, and the future of wildlife -- and our future,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-roy/all-over-the-globe-today-the-environment-is-at-odds-with-the-economy/)

[Katherine Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-roy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29f/katherine-roy-252395_animals_all-over-the-globe-today-the-environment_3064952.jpg)

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