Quotes About Leadership

A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.

Whatever is dirty, it is women's job to clean up, or drive some man to clean up, and that goes for everything from cellar to senate.

Men who reach decisions promptly usually have the capacity to move with definiteness of purpose in other circumstances.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten,' he does not say 'My men were beaten.'

The science that studies the supreme good for man is politics.

Do not try to lead men who are unwilling to follow you; if their heart is not in it, you will never find the old spirit or the old courage.

No man who has not sat in the assemblies of men can know the light, odd and uncertain ways in which decisions are often arrived at.

Be aware of "yes" men. Generally, they are losers. Surround yourself with winners. Never forget - people win.

The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened.

You may give give a man office, but you cannot give him discretion

General, your tank is a powerful vehicle it smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. but it has one defect: it needs a driver.

I believe that George Washington knew the City of Man cannot survive without the City of God; that the Visible City will perish without the Invisible City.

We need to talk more openly about mentorships and sponsorships. Women don't get the mentoring, and particularly the sponsors, they need to succeed as much as men.

Show me the man who keeps his house in hand, He's fit for public authority.

A man who cannot seduce men cannot save them either.

To follow the path that others have laid before you is a reasonable course of action; therefore all progress is made by unreasonable men.

The clever combatant looks to the effect of combined energy, and does not require too much from individuals. Hence his ability to pick out the right men and utilize combined energy

The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing up their numbers.

How quickly was every bad thing discovered to be the fault of the previous administration (an evil set of men who wedded general stupidity to wickedness of purpose).

It has been said that absolute power corrupts absolutely, but many it not be truer to say that to be absolutely powerful a man must first corrupt himself?

The jurisdiction of a good man extends to the end of the world.

To sit home, read one's favorite paper, and scoff at the misdeeds of the men who do things is easy, but it is markedly ineffective. It is what evil men count upon the good men's doing.

The best men of the best epochs are simply those who make the fewest blunders and commit the fewest sins.

As I look at President Bush, I think he will ultimately be judged as a man of extremely high character.