Quotes About Leadership

As our heart summons our strength, our wisdom must direct it.

Wisdom is essential in a president, the appearance of wisdom will do in a candidate.

Tap into people's dignity and they will do anything for you. Ignore it, and they won't lift a finger.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.

It may be the rooster that does all the crowing but it's the hen that delivers the goods.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

A good mind possesses a kingdom.

Wisdom is the essential basis of greatness.

My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.

If man chooses oblivion, he can go right on leaving his fate to his political leaders. If he chooses Utopia, he must initiate an enormous education program - immediately, if not sooner.

Transformed people transform people.

Scratch the surface in a typical boardroom and we're all just cavemen with briefcases, hungry for a wise person to tell us stories.

...there are some who are naturally fitted for philosophy and political leadership, while the rest should follow their lead and let philosophy alone.

I would beseech you not only to be pure beyond suspicion but I would ask you to combine with stainless purity, great wisdom and great ability.

Leadership means that a group, large or small, is willing to entrust authority to a person who has shown judgement, wisdom, personal appeal, and proven competence.

The mentor can be identified by four things: by restraining you from wrongdoing, guiding you towards good actions, telling you what you ought to know, and showing you the path to heaven.

There is no teaching to compare with example.

I think I unknowingly seek people who are better than me in the sense of strength and wisdom. It's like I've got to know and trust that you have the answers and that you can carry me if needed.

The most important object in Boy Scout training is to educate, not instruct.

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

I know where there is more wisdom than is found in Napoleon, Voltaire, or all the ministers present and to come - in public opinion.

Wisdom degenerates in governments as governments increase in age.

Build wisdom and confidence in others by forcing them to think and decide for themselves.