Quotes About Leadership

Example has more followers than reason.

Nothing is so infectious as example.

There is a need for heroism in American life today.

Tis no shame to follow the better precedent.

Every noble crown is, and on Earth will forever be, a crown of thorns.

The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary commonwealth.

I am the State.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

Ay, every inch a king.

"Safety first" has been the motto of the human race for half a million years; but it has never been the motto of leaders.

Jeane Kirkpatrick

Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first.

If school results were the key to power, girls would be running the world.

I want to be remembered as the person who helped us restore faith in ourselves.

Search and you will find that at the base and birth of every great business organization was an enthusiast, a man consumed with earnestness of purpose, with confidence in his powers, with faith in the worthwhileness of his endeavors.

In forty hours I shall be in battle, with little information, and on the spur of the moment will have to make the most momentous decisions, but I believe that one's spirit enlarges with responsibility and that, with God's help, I shall make them and make them right.

He that would govern others should first be the master of himself.

The only people who would be in government are those who care more about people than they do about power.

Leaders can be moral-and they should be moral-without imposing their morality on others.

Whether there are innately female leadership styles ... is not really the right question. It is more important to ask why there has been so little attention paid to women leaders over the years as well as why the styles of leading more often exhibited by women are particularly useful at this critical moment in history.

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.

Rogers sees daylight. Campbell makes daylight.

I truly believe that women of my generation can bring a new cleansing element to American public life.