Quotes About Leadership

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.

God will never direct us to be prideful, arrogant and unforgiving, immoral or slothful or full of fear. We step into these things because we are insensitive to the leadership of the Holy Spirit within us.

In giving us children, God places us in a position of both leadership and service. He calls us to give up our lives for someone else's sake - to abandon our own desires and put our child's interests first. Yet, according to His perfect design, it is through this selflessness that we can become truly fulfilled.

Life Lessons 6:12 — Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. Jesus spent all night in prayer immediately before He chose the twelve disciples who would accompany Him everywhere. Whenever we make any decision—major or minor—we should follow His example and wholeheartedly seek His counsel.

Unfortunately it's also true to say that good management is a bit like oxygen - it's invisible and you don't notice its presence until it's gone, and then you're sorry.

The true greatness of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual.

Three things at least they [good politicians] must require; the first is back-bone; the second is back-bone; and the third is back-bone.

Mimicking the herd invites regression to the mean (merely average performance).

Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball.

Name me and emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball.

we can learn only from our "betters." We must know who they are and how to learn from them.

Throughout his career as a soldier, lawyer, and public servant, Harrison had felt a keen sense of personal responsibility for whatever work he engaged to do. He treated his presidential duties no differently. Although he could delegate work, he could not relinquish the conviction that the country would hold him ultimately accountable for his administration's actions. He was, therefore, a hands-on president.

There is," he said, "a great sense of loneliness in the discharge of high public duties. The moment of decision is one of isolation.

I'd always follow Nixon's orders, but you can't order somebody to be happy.

The greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves," He said.8

The lure of power can separate the most resolute of Christians from the true nature of Christian leadership, which is service to others. It's difficult to stand on a pedestal and wash the feet of those below.

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgements of probabilities, and not on certainties.

Whatever the reason, first place was always Solo, always, always, always, and second place was usually Chewbacca, because if you weren't the one saving the galaxy, you might as well be eight feet tall and covered with hair.

Working your way up the system doesn't mean you beat the system. It strengthens it. It's what the system depends on.

The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.

make a simple plan, inform everyone involved with it, don't change it, and kick it in the ass.

Women - why aren't you running the world yet? Frankly I'm disappointed in you. Men are still far too dominant for their own good, and consequently we've made a testosterone-sodden pig's ear of just about everything: politics, the economy, religion, the environment ... you name it, it's in a gigantic man-wrought mess.

There must be millions of people all over the world who never get any love letters... I could be their leader.

When I look at President Obama, I see a leader with a cool head, a caring heart and an open mind, a president who has demonstrated through his demeanor and through his deeds that he is uniquely qualified to heal our divisions, rebuild our nation and lead us to a brighter future together.