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Leadership Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- Do not do that which you would not have known.
- He that cannot obey, cannot command.
- Those renowned generals [Alexander and Caesar] received more faithful service, and performed greater actions by means of the love their soldiers bore them, than they…
- If you want a thing done - go. If not - send.
- Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
- Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do.
- It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.
- Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.
- Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude.
- A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.
- Time is money.
- Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.
- Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.
- When you're finished changing, you're finished.
- Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
- The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.
- He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.
- It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great…
- It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.
- Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.
More Leadership Quotes
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever. — Lance Armstrong
- The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang. — Mary Kay Ash
- Every silver lining has a cloud. — Mary Kay Ash
- Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise. — Mary Kay Ash
- Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. — Francis of Assisi
- It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching. — Francis of Assisi
- A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership. — Chinua Achebe
- Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to… — Ibrahim Babangida