Quotes About Leadership

It's hard to tell everybody to go home if nobody shows up.

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I am more afraid of an army of one hundred sheep led by a lion than an army of one hundred lions led by a sheep.

For monarchy to work, one man must be wise. For democracy to work, a majority of the people must be wise. Which is more likely?

Von Rundstedt) was not a man of great original thought nor an intellect, but never tried to conceal this. On the other hand, he had much commonsense, an ability to see both sides of an argument, and was possessed with clarity of thought, especially when it came to reducing a problem to its fundamental essentials quickly. He also had, at least until his later years, a capacity for hard work. - pg. 309-310

But, like the man in the song, Alfred Roberts did well by doing good. The shop prospered.

Perhaps only one who leads a political party in the British Parliamentary system can fully appreciate the magnitude of your victory and the skill required to achieve it,' wrote Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister of Canada.12

In a purposeful organization run by good people, there's always more useful work than can be done in an eight-hour workday

it is said that roosters think the sun rises because they crow. Politicians are much the same.

Para que haya estabilidad (en la economía), debe haber alguien que la imponga, y solo puede haber un estabilizador a la vez".

Nevertheless, four years later, at the end of August 2004, a Zogby poll discovered the critical fact that 57 percent of the undecided voters in that year's election would rather have a beer with George Bush than with John Kerry. The question was odd enough on its face, but a nation to which it would matter is odder still. Be honest. Consider all the people with whom you've tossed back a beer. How many of them would you trust with nuclear launch codes?

While Obama merely bowed clumsily in the direction of Idiot America, John McCain set up housekeeping there.

You shouldn't get into coaching unless you care about the people you're leading,

Everything begins in mysticism and ends in politics.

If you want anything done right you will have to see to it yourself every time.

God's ways are the ways which he himself has gone and which we are now to go with him. God will not allow us to go on any way which he himself has not preceded us." —MEDITATING ON THE WORD

The true leader must always be able to disillusion." —NO RUSTY SWORDS

the management of a polity, there needs to be an end of things.

Arafat was a barrier to peace.

I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.

I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. THerei s nothing else that so kills the ambitions ofa person as criticism from superiors. I never criticize anyone. I believe in giving a person incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. If I like anything, I am hearty in my appreciation and lavish in my praise

I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

Acknowledge and own up to problems and people will trust you. That will be helpful the next time. If you blame somebody else or try to sugarcoat the problem, you may get away with it once. But everybody makes mistakes more than once, and any leeway you might gain from fudging it the first time will quickly disappear. Explain the situation, accept responsibility, fix it, move forward.

People—You don't do anything of significance in business alone. I learned early on that I had my limits. It was humbling at first, but it taught me that I had to find people who brought skills I didn't have, and that has made all the difference. I