Quotes About Leadership

One of the main things I said in my job interview was that I want to develop female coaches.

You have to be essentially ready to interview the President every day that you walk in, at any moment.

A true king never robs his people of peace.

If men become tyrants, they shape for themselves the doom of tyrants, who are always betrayed.

I hope the seeds I have sown will be taken up by those who will follow me because the journey I have begun cannot be undertaken in isolation.

"What war?" said the Prime Minister sharply. "No one has said anything to me about a war. I really think I should have been told. I'll be damned," he said defiantly, "if they shall have a war without consulting me. What's a cabinet for, if there's not more mutual confidence than that? What do they want a war for, anyway?"

The crowd gives the leader new strength.

Piano performances by Condoleezza Rice are better than Hitler's paintings.

Che l'«uomo economico» non esista, fu anche il punto di vista di Mussolini, che ad esso contrappose l'«uomo integrale» (1933); e la sua idea era che «la politica ha dominato e sempre dominerà l'economia», in

No matter how smart you are, if you don't know how to work with people, your dreams will just be dreams.

When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.

If a man have not order within him He can not spread order about him; And if a man have not order within him His family will not act with due order; And if the prince have not order within him He can not put order in his dominions.

When the head of state of family thinks first of gouging out an income, he must perforce do it through small men; and even if they are clever at their job, if one employ such inferior characters in state and family business the tilled fields will go rack swamp and ruin and edged calamities will mount up to the full.... This is the meaning of: A state does not profit by profits - Pound's translation of Confucius

Hate is not born in the trenches nor among 2nd. lieutenants.

A monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite benevolence is the most perfect of all possible governments.

Was it not through pride that the devil became the devil? Christ wanted to serve. The devil wanted to rule. Christ wanted to bring men to where He was. The devil wanted to be above men.

As Americans, we have marched a long way down the soul-destroying road of socialism, atheism, and totalitarianism. It is the price we pay when we turn away from God and turn to government to do everything for us. It is the formula by which nations become enslaved by their own leaders.

To measure the worthiness of an issue or political leader: First, is the proposal, the policy or the idea being promoted, right as measured by the Gospel of Jesus Christ? Second, is it right as measured by the Lord's standard of constitutional government?...The Lord's standard is a safe guide. Third,...is it right as measured by the counsel of the living oracles of God? Fourth, what will be the effect upon the moral and the character of the people if this or that policy is adopted?

Some leaders may be honest and good but unwise in legislation they choose to support. Others may possess wisdom but be dishonest and unvirtuous. We must be concerted in our desires and efforts to see men and women represent us who possess all three of these qualities.

We are superior to government and should remain master over it, not the other way around.

The expression "follow the Brethren" has a broader meaning than some would apply to it. It means not only to agree with the counsel given to the Church by the Brethren, but also to follow their example in appearance and deportment.

We should not, therefore, be astonished when other nations view the United States as a "faltering democracy." How long would a basketball team that was ranked number one in the polls remain in that position if the student body, the school paper, and supporting faculty constantly pointed out its weaknesses?

The Reign of Cnut: King of England, Denmark and Norway (Alexander R. Rumble [coord.], Londres, 1994).

Do the uncomfortable thing first.