Quotes About Leadership

I start where the last man left off. What the mind of man can conceive and believe, the mind of a man can achieve.

Three hundred men, each of whom knows all the other, govern the fate of the European continent, and they elect their successors from their entourage.

If you have a great manager, you want to pay him very well.

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.

No man will ever be President of the United States who spells 'negro' with two gs.

No matter what dimension you're in, there's a big-headed male trying to take over the world.

There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.

I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men... in receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor.

Great men should think of opportunity and not of time. That is the excuse of feeble and puzzled spirits.

The great man is sparing in words but prodigal in deeds.

It is in times of difficulty that great nations like great men display the whole energy of their character and become an object of admiration to posterity.

Frederick liked to say that three men behind the enemy were worth fifty in front of him.

It takes a great man to make a great listener

The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball.

If you want to get something done, give it to a busy man.

I do not believe Tony Blair was a fundamentally good man who went bad. I believe he was evil in the first place.

You can only govern men by serving them.

In Europe public men do resign. But here it's a lost art. You have to impeach 'em.

If you don't take it for granted that the other man will do his job, you're not an executive.

Again, I maintain that no organization can lead man to spirituality.

When managers have got decisions to make, whether it benefits me or not, I have to be man enough to take it.

To survive, men and business and corporations must serve.

I would rather be the first man in a barbarian village than the second man in Rome.

It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.