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title: "Best Real Leaders Quotes"
description: "Browse 64 Real Leaders quotes by 59 authors. Discover the best Real Leaders sayings and thoughts."
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> [ How long can we go without real leadership? It's like an experiment. It's \[a problem with\] both parties, it's beyond belief. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-black/how-long-can-we-go-without-real-leadership-it-s-like-an-experiment-it/)

[Lewis Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-black/)

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> [Real leadership is calm. Real leadership is steady in moments of crisis. It is not hysterical. It is not exploitive. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brianna-keilar/real-leadership-is-calm-real-leadership-is-steady-in-moments-of/)

[Brianna Keilar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brianna-keilar/)

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> [There was a little spell when we had no real leadership at the top but we've always had quality people here, lovely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-cattermole/there-was-a-little-spell-when-we-had-no-real-leadership-at-the-top/)

[Lee Cattermole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-cattermole/)

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> [“Most leadership writing today advises us on how to prosper within the system. I believe real leadership is about transforming the system.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ziad-k-abdelnour/most-leadership-writing-today-advises-us-on-how-to-prosper-within-the/)

[Ziad K. Abdelnour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ziad-k-abdelnour/)

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> [Real leadership comes from the quiet nudging of an inner voice. It comes from realizing that the time has come to move…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-albright/real-leadership-comes-from-the-quiet-nudging-of-an-inner-voice-it/)

[Madeleine Albright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-albright/)

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> [ The real leadership of the opposition is never, ever gonna do anything but continue to ramp up efforts to stop \[Donald\] Trump… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/the-real-leadership-of-the-opposition-is-never-ever-gonna-do-anything/)

[Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/)

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> [Only the mediocre die always at their best. Real leaders are always improving - and raising their bar on how superbly they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/only-the-mediocre-die-always-at-their-best-real-leaders-are-always/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“We're all great lawyers when blame comes to put but the real leaders take the blame even when it's not theirs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-halimi/we-re-all-great-lawyers-when-blame-comes-to-put-but-the-real-leaders/)

[Eve Halimi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-halimi/)

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> [The real leaders intend to do definitely that good task for which a pretender has provoked them by saying that it can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anuj/the-real-leaders-intend-to-do-definitely-that-good-task-for-which-a/)

[Anuj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anuj/)

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> [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/)

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> [For a large corporation to be effective, it must be simple. For an organization to be simple, its people must have self-confidence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-welch/for-a-large-corporation-to-be-effective-it-must-be-simple-for-an/)

[Jack Welch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-welch/)

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> [Real leaders like Lee Iacocca see vast possibilities and sell their dreams to their companies, their employees, their funding sources, their government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-victor-hansen/real-leaders-like-lee-iacocca-see-vast-possibilities-and-sell-their/)

[Mark Victor Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-victor-hansen/)

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> [We have an opportunity to have real leadership. America's going to have that kind of leadership and continue to promote principles of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/we-have-an-opportunity-to-have-real-leadership-america-s-going-to/)

[Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/)

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> [The real leaders cannot appear in the peaceful time; nor can the serious opposition emerge from within the peaceful atmosphere. Without an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-bukovsky/the-real-leaders-cannot-appear-in-the-peaceful-time-nor-can-the/)

[Vladimir Bukovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-bukovsky/)

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> [ “Real leaders don't care \[about receiving credit\]. If it's about your mission, about spreading the faith, about seeing something happen, not only… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/real-leaders-don-t-care-about-receiving-credit-if-it-s-about-your/)

[Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/)

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> [If I made a commitment, I stood by that commitment - and try to make it real. Because when you become leaders,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-obama/if-i-made-a-commitment-i-stood-by-that-commitment-and-try-to-make-it/)

[Michelle Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-obama/)

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> [Real leadership means tackling tough problems ourselves and not leaving them to our children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kyl/real-leadership-means-tackling-tough-problems-ourselves-and-not/)

[Jon Kyl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kyl/)

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> [The principle of real leadership ignored, the immortal objects of society forgotten, practical conservatism degenerated into mere laudation of private enterprise, economic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-kirk/the-principle-of-real-leadership-ignored-the-immortal-objects-of/)

[Russell Kirk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-kirk/)

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> [When the president of the United States goes out at, you know, 8:00 o'clock in the morning and then his own party…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/when-the-president-of-the-united-states-goes-out-at-you-know-8-00-o/)

[Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/)

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> [By leadership, I mean taking complete responsibility for an organization's well-being and growth, and changing it for the better. Real leadership is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-l-joss/by-leadership-i-mean-taking-complete-responsibility-for-an/)

[Robert L. Joss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-l-joss/)

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> [Employees who are controlled cannot respond caringly, you need superior knowledge and real leadership, not management. Because of this we specifically developed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horst-schulze/employees-who-are-controlled-cannot-respond-caringly-you-need/)

[Horst Schulze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horst-schulze/)

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> [“Generosity is more than asking the right question. It’s being present. It’s doing what’s right for the other person. When you lead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-bolton/generosity-is-more-than-asking-the-right-question-it-s-being-present/)

[Chuck Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-bolton/)

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> [I hope many of you will be people that question why things are and why we have to do them the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilma-mankiller/i-hope-many-of-you-will-be-people-that-question-why-things-are-and/)

[Wilma Mankiller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilma-mankiller/)

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> [I think it's critically important that the people who have been most harmed by mass incarceration, by mass deportation, by neoliberalism, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-alexander/i-think-it-s-critically-important-that-the-people-who-have-been-most/)

[Michelle Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-alexander/)

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