Quotes About Leadership

Rank and status do not represent power when surrounded by negativity.

The important thing today is not what we say of Lincoln but what Lincoln would say of us if he were here in this hour and could note the drift and tendency in American life and American politics.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

For those who planned and were leaders and were beaten And for those, humble and stupid, who had no plan But were denounced, but were angry, but told a joke, But could not explain, but were sent away to the camp, But had their bodies shipped back in the sealed coffins, "Died of pneumonia." "Died trying to escape."

You can delegate authority, but not responsibility.

G. W. Smith had failed Robert E. Lee's test for command in battle, and from that verdict there was no appeal.

the essential fault lay with the Confederacy's failure to have produced a single good map of the approaches to its own capital.

Malvern Hill was clearly a battle General Lee did not intend to be fought the way it was fought, and it demonstrated once again his lack of effective control over his lieutenants

I prefer Lee to Johnston," he explained. To his mind, General Lee was "too cautious & weak under grave responsibility . . . wanting in moral firmness when pressed by heavy responsibility & is likely to be timid & irresolute in action.

The fact of the matter is that George G. Meade, unexpectedly and against the odds, thoroughly outgeneraled Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg.18

George McClellan's conviction that he was forever outnumbered was the one constant of his military character.

Author Max De Pree has written, "The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality."1

Patronage, not democracy, was the most important force in the islands.

Self-interest in Filipino politics was openly celebrated.

In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist that they be cheerleaders.

In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.

No vayas a donde el camino te puede conducir, ve a un lugar donde no haya camino y deja un rastro. ANÓNIMO

Kaylie looks him over. "Are you a sub pilot?" "Head instructor." David feels the blood rush from his face. "You're in charge? I thought I—

I think our leadership team is a highly accountable leadership team.

Great companies in the way they work, start with great leaders.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Po dosažení ?ty?iceti let za?ne hladina testosteronu postupn? klesat. N?kdy i n?kolik dní za sebou nemyslí na sex! V ložnici nahrazuje kvantitu kvalita. Te? nemusí nic dokazovat a je klidn?jší a moud?ejší. Ve skupin? a pracovních situacích se stává tichým v?dcem. Cení si p?átelství a je te? pro sv?t nejv?tším p?ínosem.

You have to get along with people, but you also have to recognize that the strength of a team is different people with different perspectives and different personalities.

And I'd say one of the great lessons I've learned over the past couple of decades, from a management perspective, is that really when you come down to it, it really is all about people and all about leadership.