Quotes About Leadership

Optimism is the content of small men in high places.

A revolution does not have to eat its children. In fact, it is those who are in power who could very well initiate revolutions. Let us not be old-fashioned and think only of armed uprisings of minorities as revolutions. Any movement that seeks to overhaul established attitudes is a revolution.

The Philippines just need 100 youth to stand up for their country

Lincoln is properly remembered as a champion of democracy, but there was a good bit of Otto von Bismarck in him as well.

half the politicians are good-for-nothing; the others are ready to anything...

Rumour has it that, after his election, Trump declared: "Yesterday, we were on the edge of the abyss but today, we have taken a big step forward!"

He who trusts a woman and leads an ass will never be free from plague.

Only fools are glad when governments change. #Trending

We need to hold those people in charge who were negligent, irresponsible, or simply failed to act accountable for the harm they caused. These cases need to be rigorously pursued, and none of those parties responsible should be allowed to weasel their way out of this.

Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you are two steps ahead.

It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time.

Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

Culture follows power.

Suppose the elections are free and fair and those elected are racists, fascists, separatists", said the American diplomat Richard Holbrooke about Yugoslavia in 1990s. "that is the dilemma

If I have to give up Naveen, there are several things I want in return," Tiana said. Even when she had no way out, she still drove a hard bargain. In a way, he could admire that. It was too bad she was such a goody two-shoes. With her gumption, Tiana could help him take over this entire city.

Vision is what pulls at our emotions and creates desire to challenge the status quo.

The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.

Los hombres, de pequeños, jugaban a la guerra y se batían con armas de juguete. De grandes, seguían jugando a la guerra con armas verdaderas. El mundo estaba gobernado por niños que se creían adultos.

The only place where you can be a dictator and still be loved is on the movie set

The hero is the one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by. The saint is the man who walks through the dark paths of the world, himself a light.

Ideas don't make you rich. The correct execution of ideas does.

It's so easy to delegate important work to people who are similar in temperament and skill-sets to you, or to promote them. So easy and so wrong.

You do not need to be clever. You do not even need to be that adept. You need only a little cunning and massive determination to become rich. Providing you can pay much cleverer but risk-averse people properly, and promote them and lead them in such a way that they are all rowing in the same direction, they will sign on to your little ship.

Persuading them to join is not the problem, but separating the wheat from the chaff is harder.