Quotes About Leadership

Moderation in war is imbecility.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.

Chance works for us when we are good captains.

Republics are ungrateful.

A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes irresistible.

He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities.

It is time I stepped aside for a less experienced and less able man.

Our boss has been so successful he deserves to retire, so that he can spend more time . . . with his servants.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.

Thinkers prepare the revolution; bandits carry it out.

At last I perceive that in revolutions the supreme power finally rests with the most abandoned.

Go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize after something's been done than to get permission ahead of time.

The question "Who ought to be boss" is like asking "Who ought to be tenor in the quartet?" Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.

No amount of study or learning will make a man a leader unless he has the natural qualities of one.

Sir, I would rather be right than be President.

A leader must face danger. He must take the risk and the blame, and the brunt of the storm.

Women must think strategically about creating ongoing pressure for change.

There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price.

There was never a place for her in the ranks of the terrible, slow army of the cautious. She ran ahead, where there were no paths.

Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.

The best teachers of humanity are the lives of great men.

The most important single influence in the life of a person is another person ... who is worthy of emulation.

Children have more need of models than of critics.