Quotes About Leadership

Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.

If you ever find a man who is better than you are - hire him. If necessary, pay him more than you pay yourself.

A man should never be appointed into a managerial position if his vision focuses on people's weaknesses rather than on their strengths.

There are good men everywhere. I only wish they had louder voices.

The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men.

A close look at many churches will reveal that a central problem is the lack of biblical maturity among the men.

The worse the man, the better the soldier.

It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have dared to be great.

Some of the best advice I've had comes from junior officers and enlisted men.

If worthless men are sometimes at the head of affairs, it is, I believe, because worthless men are at the tail and the middle

A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.

When I met Jack Kennedy, he was a serious young man with a dream. He was not a womanizer, not as I understood the term.

In a calm sea every man is a pilot.

The greatest king of Israel, King David, the author of the Psalms, sent a man out to die in battle so that he could sleep with his wife.

If it is a shame to be the second man on Mount Everest, then I will have to live with this shame.

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

I have not seen the Himalayas. But I have seen Sheikh Mujib. In personality and in courage, this man is the Himalayas. I have thus had the experience of witnessing the Himalayas.

Ken Lay has, does and will continue to accept responsibility for the fall of Enron. He was the man at the controls. But failure is not a crime.

Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is usually Judas who writes the biography.

Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.

We must depend upon the Boy Scout Movement to produce the MEN of the future.

A man attains greatness by his merits, not simply by occupying an exalted seat. Can we call a crow an eagle (garuda) simply because he sits on the top of a tall building.

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers.

The young men in our city are not problems to be solved. They are opportunities to be unleashed.