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1 Dec 2025
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At a glance
Match the famous quote to the leader.
| Quote | Leader |
|---|---|
| “A leader’s job is not to prove you are smarter than others. A leader’s job is to make sure everybody is giving their smart ideas out.” | Richard Branson, Founder of the Virgin Group |
| “Earn your leadership every day.” | Oprah Winfrey, television producer & host, actress and author |
| “Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.” | Sheryl Sandberg, Bestselling author and former COO of Meta (formerly Facebook) |
| “Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don’t want to.” | Eleanor Roosevelt, Former First Lady of the United States |
| “If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then you are an excellent leader.” | Jack Ma, Entrepreneur and co-founder of Alibaba Group |
| “I define a leader as anyone who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes, and who has the courage to develop that potential.” | Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and chair of the Gates Foundation |
| “No matter how much you’ve done or how successful you’ve been, there’s always more to do, always more to learn and always more to achieve.” | Dolly Parton, singer, songwriter and actress |
| “A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader; a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.” | Jacinda Ardern, former Prime Minister of New Zealand |
| “Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.” | Michael Jordan, former professional basketball player and Olympic medalist |
| “Leadership is not about necessarily being the loudest in the room, but instead being the bridge or the thing that is missing in the discussion, and trying to build a consensus from there.” | Brené Brown, research professor and author of six #1 New York Times bestsellers |
| “‘Restore connection’ is not just for devices, it is for people too. If we cannot disconnect, we cannot lead.” | Arianna Huffington, co-founder of the Huffington Post, founder & CEO of Thrive Global |
| “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.” | Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States |

