Quotes About Leadership

Mothma says." "She's right.

You were directly responsible for the deaths of four stormtroopers and thirty-two Imperial army troops, Thrawn continued. Also for the destruction of two Chariot command speeders and their crews. I am not the Lord Darth Vader, Ferrier -- I do not spend my men recklessly. Nor do I take their deaths lightly.

All who hold positions of power fear or hate someone.

Politics, not skill, now dominated the highest levels of military decision-making.

Maybe that's why he was so quick to finger Ackbar in the first place

I think one should be antagonistic to one's underlings. It keeps them on their toes. ~Soi Fon

All living things believe in someone superior to them, and cannot live unless they blindly follow them. Then, the objects of their faith try to escape this crushing pressure by seeking another being that is more superior to them to believe in. And they, in turn, seek a stronger being still. That is how all kings are born. That is how... all gods are born. –Aizen

No one stands on the top of the world. Not you, not me, not even gods. But the unbearable vacancy of the throne in the sky is over. From now on... I will be sitting on it

Listen! A battle isn't just about winning!! What do you people think a captain's robe is?" "A nuisance." "Cheap." "Fashion?

Moderate MPs hated McDonnell even more than they did Corbyn.

Martin Luther

Henry Kissinger once said of this former World War II Marine, "If I had to entrust the United States to one man, George Shultz would be my choice." Schlesinger

promoted to captain and given command of a company

how to prepare a young generation to run a large, modern, and complex industrial society. Nearly

he had saved his country with a pact negotiated with Hitler at Munich. He returned to England to declare, "I believe it is peace for our time . . . peace with honor." It was neither. At home, Roosevelt was in his second term, trying to balance the continuing need for extraordinary efforts to revive the economy with what he knew was the

One of his first acts was to challenge the established way of doing business by proposing that the legislators lose part of their salary, and pay a fine, if they didn't get the budget prepared on time. His

To Ronald Wilson Regan, The Fortieth President of The United States: The Man Who Won The War.

Panic is something that good operations officers plan for.

Politicians are more concerned with "issues" than "principles," but talked as though the two nouns had the same meaning.

To Ronald Reagan, The Man Who Won the War.

It's a leadership function. They taught me that at Quantico. The troops have to see you doing the job. They have to know you're there for them." And I have to be sure that it's all real, that I actually am the President.

The mark of a good officer, Wegener repeatedly told his youngsters, was willingness to admit he had something yet to learn.

Yet another proof that the drafters of the Constitution had made one simple but far-reaching error. They'd assumed that the people selected by The People to manage the nation would be as honest and honorable as they'd been. One could almost hear the "Oops!" emanating from all those old graves.

You may take the most gallant sailor, the most intrepid airman or the most audacious soldier, put them at a table together - what do you get? The sum of their fears. - Winston Churchill