--- title: "9 Leaders Live Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Leaders Live quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Leaders Live sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c45/tom-peters-967_entrepreneur_organizations-exist-to-serve-period-lead_2314384.png" --- > [Organizations exist to serve. Period. Leaders live to serve. Period.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/organizations-exist-to-serve-period-leaders-live-to-serve-period/) [Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c45/tom-peters-967_entrepreneur_organizations-exist-to-serve-period-lead_2314384.png) > [Leaders must live by higher standards than their followers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-maxwell/leaders-must-live-by-higher-standards-than-their-followers/) [John C. Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-c-maxwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d11/john-c-maxwell-113_followers_leaders-must-live-by-higher-standards-th_592880.jpg) > [“True leaders live their values everywhere, not just in the workplace.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-slap/true-leaders-live-their-values-everywhere-not-just-in-the-workplace/) [Stan Slap](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-slap/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/776/stan-slap-9647_business-culture_true-leaders-live-their-values-everywher_2208431.jpg) > [We need to have business leaders who live by deep, strong principles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-covey/we-need-to-have-business-leaders-who-live-by-deep-strong-principles/) [Stephen Covey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-covey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e9/stephen-covey-339_business_we-need-to-have-business-leaders-who-liv_1567773.png) > [Leaders live by choice, not by accident.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-gorman/leaders-live-by-choice-not-by-accident/) [Mark Gorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-gorman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b36/mark-gorman-48005_accidents_leaders-live-by-choice-not-by-accident-3_3140640.png) > [Authorities act with themselves in mind. Leaders act with others in mind. Authorities take. Leaders give. Authorities die. Leaders live on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-sinek/authorities-act-with-themselves-in-mind-leaders-act-with-others-in/) [Simon Sinek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-sinek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c82/simon-sinek-349_authority_authorities-act-with-themselves-in-mind_3024923.png) > [“All leaders have to live with disappointment at some point or another. If I have to learn that lesson early, I won't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joelle-charbonneau/all-leaders-have-to-live-with-disappointment-at-some-point-or-another/) [Joelle Charbonneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joelle-charbonneau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f1/joelle-charbonneau-13093_disappointment_all-leaders-have-to-live-with-disappoint_292801.jpg) > [Real leaders have to live a paradoxical life, where they must break the rules in order to maintain them. If your expectations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beau-willimon/real-leaders-have-to-live-a-paradoxical-life-where-they-must-break/) [Beau Willimon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beau-willimon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a37/beau-willimon-15549_black_real-leaders-have-to-live-a-paradoxical_898771.jpg) > [“This year I've been figuring out who I am. I've been learning what I want, and it's the same as what I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-york/this-year-i-ve-been-figuring-out-who-i-am-i-ve-been-learning-what-i/) [Robin York](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-york/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/780/robin-york-17176_girl-power_this-year-i-ve-been-figuring-out-who-i-a_1123653.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/leaders-live/#itemlist", "name": "Leaders Live Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Organizations exist to serve. Period. Leaders live to serve. 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