Quotes About Leadership

Hasting - There are times when it is one's duty to assert oneself.

In an Empire where rats ruled, he was the king of the rats.

Katherine Grey was born with the power of managing old ladies, dogs, and small boys, and she did it without any apparent sense of strain.

In my opinion, the state of mind of a community is always directly due to the influence of the man at the top.

It was due to his tact, to his judgment, to his sympathetic manipulation of human beings that the atmosphere had always been such a happy one... If there was a change, therefore, the change must be due to the man at the top.

Georges, never do anything yourself that others can do for you.

I will only ask you to believe one thing. I have faith in myself. I believe that I am the man to guide England through the days of crisis that I see coming. If I did not honestly believe that I am needed by my country to steer the ship of state, I would not have done what I have done--made the best of both worlds--saved myself from disaster by a clever trick.' 'My lord, if you could not make the best of both worlds, you could not be a politician.

The day of the Old Men is over," said Tommy, waving his hand. "Who caused the war? The Old Men. Who is responsible for the present state of unemployment? The Old Men. Who is responsible for every single rotten thing that has happened? Again I say, the Old Men!

And the Minister strode rapidly away.

Put not your trust in princes or politicians, as the saying goes.

It is curious — but you cannot make a revolution without honest men. The instinct of the populace is infallible." He paused, and then repeated, as though the phrase pleased him: "Every revolution has had its honest men. They are soon disposed of afterwards.

The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work.

We cannot simply allow the treacherous few determine the fates of themany. At such times, the virtuous should be held to equalaccountability of the vile for their inactions

I think Chinese leadership is trying to tell the world they have another set of logic or reasoning or values which are different from yours. Of course, I don't think they believe that. It's just an argument that's made when you can't confront the truth and facts. They really want to maintain power.

Some Germans argue to-day that the struggle between Adenauer and Schumacher was the making of modern German democracy.

I'm my own boss and my boss is a total ass.

People say never stand in the shadows of great men. Stand on their shoulders. I say, no: stand in their shadow, kick their ass, and tell them to get out of the way.

A. W. Tozer once wrote, "Do you know who gives me the most trouble? Do you know who I pray for the most in my pastoral work? Just myself."28

Fight against graft needs statesmen, not politicians' Akhbar Satar

The ambitious will always be first in the crowd; he presseth forward, he looketh not behind him. More anguish is it to his mind to see one before him, than joy to leave thousands at a distance.

the urgency of leaders, especially old-school leaders born in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement, to respect young leaders and the strategic ways they show up for the fight.

Giving. In the RYMR leadership guide, Dr. Torie Weiston-Serdan, author of Critical Mentoring: A Practical Guide , says, "Muhammad Ali showed us that giving, even at the point of personal sacrifice,

Our politicians are suffering from two types of dishonesty -beastly dishonesty and intellectual dishonesty.

But I have undertaken this series with the feeling that I must not be afraid of shaming myself, and that I should try telling myself the things I am always telling my juniors.