Quotes About Leadership

Bad friends could ruin your whole life. Be wise when it comes to choosing your friends. You set the standard. You be the one who stands strong. Don't be a follower.

Why be the lamb when you can be the lion?

We Irish were alone, of all countries, in this way of choosing our leaders. Everywhere else in the world 'tis a firstborn son who's heir to the title—in England, your primogeniture—and no questions asked. But tanaistry was how the Irish chiefs were made, and it had always served us well. Aside

You are attempting to be logical, I suspect, and logic has little to do with government, and nothing at all to do with military administration.

She is not deterred by Margaret Thatcher. She is in fact bored at having Margaret Thatcher thrown at her; she knows men will pounce upon such an example because it has been cloned in their own image and is so much an exception to the rule.

Who was it you feared? Trace it, trace the fearing to a source. Not the mid-management collaborators, remember. Not those who only obey orders; just because the responsibility is everywhere doesn't mean that it's not somewhere. Trace it further, as far as you can. Scrutinize those in power behind the fear. Visualize them. There. Are women in the picture?

If a man is capable of massacre or overseeing massacre, which is the same

It was a war requiring the use of strategy as well as of tactics - but, above all, it was a war that could only be won by the use of superior technology and superior skills in command.

The generals were now two years into this war and it should have been - and indeed was - glaringly apparent that the methods being employed to attack the enemy lines, be they British, French or German, were simply not working. Increasing the scale of the attack by the current methods simply increased the number of casualties

When evidence reached Joffre's ears that the men were complaining, that untenable positions were being given up or that attacks were not being pressed home with their former élan, his answer was not to question Nivelle or his own methods, but to call for courts martial and firing squads.

Morale is a fragile thing. Its creation and maintenance are among the most important duties that can fall to a commander and neither Joffre nor Nivelle devoted as much thought to this issue as it deserved. Morale is maintained by a wide range of means: by discipline and training, by good leadership, by organization, by caring for the wounded, by regular reliefs

Not so the French poilu. His pay was meagre, his food disgusting - though his wine was drinkable - his leave infrequent, letters from home often failed to arrive, and his life was all too often thrown away in frontal attacks that usually achieved nothing but an extensive casualty list. Much of this was simply due to poor staff work, to incompetence rather than indifference

most of the French generals were, indeed, totally indifferent to the welfare of the men, provided the attacks went in.

by electing to hold Verdun, de Castelnau was doing exactly what von Falkenhayn wanted. He was opting to hold a position that could only be defended at a great cost in lives. The fact that it was to cost Germany as many men as France would prove a poor consolation; Germany had more men to lose.

the most common model for ministry now is someone who is well married (preferably with children), respected, pious, and doesn't "cause trouble.

All great thinkers are initially ridiculed – and eventually revered.

A film's success or failure is strictly on the director's shoulders.

It reminds the whole community that leadership is rooted not in power and authority, but in service and wisdom.

Like the maple, leaders are the first to offer their gifts." It reminds the whole community that leadership is rooted not in power and authority, but in service and wisdom.

I worry who will get to the crossroads first, who will make the choices for us all.

We put our minds together as one and thank all the birds who move and fly about over our heads. The Creator gave them the gift of beautiful songs. Each morning they greet the day and with their songs remind us to enjoy and appreciate life. The Eagle was chosen to be their leader and to watch over the world. To all the Birds, from the smallest to the largest, we send our joyful greetings and thanks. Now our minds are one.

leadership is rooted not in power and authority, but in service and wisdom.

If women ran the world we wouldn't have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.

The women are in charge, my brother. We don't have to like it, but it's the law.