Leadership quotes

“When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers.”

Confucius

Analects, Book 7 (Shu Er) · View source

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays, First Series — Circles · View source

“With malice toward none; with charity for all.”

Abraham Lincoln

Second Inaugural Address, 4 March 1865 · View source

“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.”

William Shakespeare

Henry V, Act 4, Scene 3 · View source

“Our doubts are traitors, and makes us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.”

William Shakespeare

Measure for Measure, Act 1, Scene 4 · View source

“The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”

Confucius

Analects, Book 14 (Xian Wen) · View source

“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.”

William Shakespeare

Henry V, Act 3, Scene 1 · View source

“The quality of mercy is not strained.”

William Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice, Act 4, Scene 1 · View source

“No legacy is so rich as honesty.”

William Shakespeare

All’s Well That Ends Well, Act 3, Scene 5 · View source

“Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high.”

Rabindranath Tagore

Gitanjali, poem 35 · View source

“Give me the strength to make my love fruitful in service.”

Rabindranath Tagore

Gitanjali, poem 36 · View source

“Who teaches you to be still in the midst of all your activities.”

Kabir

Songs of Kabir, poem LVI (I.68), translated by Rabindranath Tagore · View source