Quotes About Leadership

Lee was tough as hickory, but the tree was old.

We are content with discord; we are content with alarms; we are content with blood; but we will never be content with a master. —A PASHTUN LEADER TO BRITISH MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAM EPHINSTONE

You see that's what I think is such a terrible, terrible betrayal, the trust that people have in government.

Obedience alone gives the right to command.

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man

Ideas must work through the brains and arms of good and brave men, or they are no better than dreams

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.

Concentration is the secret of strength in politics, in war, in trade, in short, in all the management of human affairs.

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee, and do not try to make the universe a blind alley.

Instead of engineering for all America, he was the captain of a huckleberry party. Pounding beans is good to the end of pounding empires one of these days; but if, at the end of years, it is still only beans!

Wherever Macdonald sits, there is the head of the table.

I am the owner of the sphere,Of the seven stars and the solar year,Of Caesar's hand, and Plato's brain,Of Lord Christ's heart, and Shakespeare's strain.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

If two or three persons should come with a high spiritual aim and with great powers, the world would fall into their hands like a ripe peach.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind.

Great men are they who see that the spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world.

The reason why men do not obey us is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.

There is always room for a man of force, and he makes room for many.

The leader must be in charge of getting things done by running the three core processes—picking other leaders, setting the strategic direction, and conducting operations.

Execution requires a comprehensive understanding of a business, its people, and its environment.

In fact, to be successful as a first-time manager requires a major transition for which many people are not adequately prepared. Perhaps the most difficult aspect of this transition is that first-time managers are responsible for getting work done through others rather than on their own.

Uma organização ruim sempre derrotará uma boa pessoa.