Leadership Quotes

It is far better to win a battle through skilled leadership and wise decisions than violence and blo...

But oh, the perils of leadership in a species so anxious to be told what to do. How little they knew...

I must rule with eye and claw — as the hawk among lesser birds. - Duke Leto Atreides

Any man who retreats into a cave which has only one opening deserves to die.

Give as few orders as possible," his father had told him once long ago. "Once you've given orders on...

Greatness is a transitory experience. It is never consistent. It depends in part on the myth-making ...

Delay is as dangerous as the wrong answer.

My son will wear the title well, the Duke thought, and realized with a sudden chill that this was an...

There are proven ways to win the loyalty of tough, strong, ferocious men: play on the certain knowle...

It doesn't follow that the riots mean permanent hostility toward him.

He uses the nice old words so rich in tradition to be sure I know he means it.

You have a nicety of awareness of the difference between a blade's edge and its tip.

A ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel... he must lay the best coffee hearth to attract th...

He was the subject of a little respectful ribbing. But he was, of course, the captain, which meant h...

If you help them (the crew) create good memories, they'll forget all the bad stuff

Galvanized people can do careless things. It is in the extreme and emotion-laden moments that distan...

A president must know what it is he does not know, and he should remain calm in pursuit of it, but t...

The reality is that the American people have no desire for an empire. This is not to say that they d...

A century is about events. A decade is about people.

Presidents and other politicians manage the appearance of things, largely by manipulating the air an...

Long-term solutions are more attractive and cause much less controversy than short-term solutions, w...

The worst president is closer by nature to the best then either is to anyone who has not gone throug...

While you and I are allowed the luxury of our pain, president isn't. A president must take into acco...

Their job as leader was not to solve the problem – the president really has little control over the ...

Man wants to be the king o’ the rabbits, he best wear a pair o’ floppy ears.

I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office."(...

I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.

It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute order...

Sinn Fein has demonstrated the ability to play a leadership role as part of a popular movement towar...

You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contrib...

Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men -- the other 999 follow women.

Come to the edge, He said.They said: We are afraid.Come to the edge, He said.They came. He pushed th...

Any government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipw

The queer thing is that we do trust you," said Bodisham. "In spite of your -- extremism.""You'd bett...

Persuasion is a strong but subdued outrider.

King die hard, in Shakespeare and in life.

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stan...

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will ...

The one thing that the President can do is to establish a real energy independence plan. We have all...

Now, as you well know, it is not seldom the case in this conventional world of ours - watery or othe...

Too many kings can ruin an army

One thing I've learned in life is that I can speak for myself, that I can fight my own battles. I do...

Yea, he who is a true king of men, will not say to himself, 'Lo! I am worthy to be crowned with laur...

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles but today it means getting along with people.

Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow yo...

The one thing I have learned as a CEO is that leadership at various levels is vastly different. When...

In Pierre Elliott Trudeau Canada has at last produced a political leader worthy of assassination.

A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.

It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have neve...

He did not falter, as long as there was a path that led toward his goal.

the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on...

He has led us in here against our fears, but he will lead us out again, at whatever cost to himself.

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relen...

The counselee should be aware that you are not God. Better yet, she should be aware that you are awa...

Church leaders raised on rationalism lead ministries where the supernatural, the Vertical, is suppre...

No one who ever led a nation got there by following the path of another.

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

You have to be a light to yourself in a world that is utterly becoming dark.

It is interesting to note that an overwhelming majority of citizens in the world's three largest dem...

The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is...

We are enjoined whenever we behold the gifts of God in others so to reverence and respect the gifts ...

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an o

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

With a good conscience our only sure reward with history the final judge of our deeds let us go fo...

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each

The president had shifted to the 'we' mode now, something he invariably did when a potentially unpop...

Even the demons are encouraged when their chief is "not lost in loss itself.

Headship is the divine calling of a husband to take primary responsibility for Christ-like, servant ...

Headship is the divine calling of a husband to take primary responsibility for Christ-like, servant ...

Headship is the divine calling of a husband to take primary responsibility for Christ-like, servant ...

Headship is the divine calling of a husband to take primary responsibility for Christ-like, servant ...

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

But a society in which pluralism is not undergirded by some shared values and held together by some ...

A leader who is through learning is through.

Reputation is what others perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character,...

I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be lea...

Good values are like a magnet, they attract good people.

Shallow are the souls that have forgotten how to shudder. Leon Cass

Experiment participants asked to pick which politician looked more confident in a photograph picked ...

If we are to negotiate the coming years safely, we may need a new kind of leadership. To put it more...

A bit of adviceGiven to a young Native AmericanAt the time of his initiation:As you go the way of li...

Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for the...

...[I]ron discipline does not preclude but presupposes criticism and contest of opinion within the P...

Every woman's man and every man's woman.

You can't run a government from one single person. What instead matters is that leadership be about ...

I'm accustomed to being top man. I been a bull goose catskinner for every gyppo logging operation in...

No, I don't admire the genius. But I admire and love the result of the genius's activity in the worl...

The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don't have the bravery t...

When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they w...

The ruler attains wholeness in the correct governance of the people.

Go to the people. Live with them. Learn from them. Love them. Startwith what they know. Build with w...

I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is fru...

To lead people, you must follow behind.

The best of all leaders is the one who helps people so that eventually they don’t need him.

Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. I...

They probably think the sun won't come up unless you're there to allow it.

One mark of a good officer, he remembered, was the ability to make quick decisions. If they happen t...

My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they f...