Quotes About Leadership

We could have the most amazing leaders, the best policies and the strictest laws; however, if we the people don't care about what the leaders do or about following laws, nothing good can happen.

Everyone still tries to cut a deal for themselves while the nation goes to hell. Anyway

We may want political leaders to not abuse power, but do so ourselves.

it is a lack of values within us, and not just a few bad guys at the top, that has turned India corrupt.

our politicians are not ethical because we aren't ethical.

The system we have, in which there are a few kings and lots of common people, cannot generate wealth. It

A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground. Then it is finished, no matter how brave its warriors or how strong their weapons.

General Howard informed me, in a haughty spirit, that he would give my people 30 days to go back home, collect all their stock, and move onto the reservation.

I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition.

It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war.

Idiocy flows uphill towards power.

Those who tell the stories rule the world.

Abracadabra, thus we learn The more you create, the less you earn. The less you earn, the more you're given, The less you lead, the more you're driven, The more destroyed, the more they feed, The more you pay, the more they need, The more you earn, the less you keep, And now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to take If the tax-collector hasn't got it before I wake.

Teaching creates all other professions.

No one can whistle a symphony. It takes an orchestra to play it.

Contrary to popular belief, there most certainly is an "I" in "team." It is the same "I" that appears three times in "responsibility."

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

You can have the nine greatest individual ball players in the world, but if they don't play together the club won't be worth a dime.

For the world to follow, we must do more than rattle our sabers and demand allegiance to our vision simply because we believe we are right. We must provide a reason for others to aspire to that vision. And that reason must come with more than the repetition of a bumper-sticker phrase about freedom and democracy. It must come with more than the restatement of failed policy. It must come with the wisdom to admit when we are wrong and resolve to change course and get it right.

The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.

The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts.

Washington seems to be more concerned about political mud than radioactive dust.

This would be a great time in the world for some man to come along that knew something.

Had Stephen been better acquainted with men and women, she would have been more satisfied with herself for being the first at the tryst. The conventional idea, in the minds of most women and of all men, is that a woman should never be the first. But real women, those in whom the heart beats strong, and whose blood can leap, know better. These are the commanders of men. In them sex calls to sex, all unconsciously at first; and men answer to their call, as they to men's.