Quotes About Leadership

Spurred on by those in public life, the ordinary bigots seemed to find a voice.

I can imagine in a century or two that rule by women will be seen as a better bet than rule by men. What's wrong with men is that they tend to look for the violent solution. Women don't.

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If a man wishes to guide the people in his house the right way, he must not grow angry at them. For anger does not only make one's soul impure; it transfers impurity to the souls of those with whom one is angry.

I cannot reveal how the UVF knew the precise characters of both men's statements but I have been informed that the UVF leadership were aware of the content of Moore's statement within forty-eight hours of it being made.

His finest hour was the leadership of Britain when it was most isolated, most threatened and most weak; when his own courage, determination and belief in democracy became at one with the nation.

Indian Corps and the 4th Corps will push through the barrage of fire regardless of loss, using reserves if required.

Hitler destroyed the German university with design; we destroyed ours without.

Take a man out of the trenches, make him a straw boss, and he develops a belly.

First need in the reform of hospital management? That's easy! The death of all dietitians, and the resurrection of a French chef.

Even a world leader only has 24 hours in a day!

The Fuhrer alone is the present and future German reality and its law. Learn to know ever more deeply: from now on every single thing demands decision, and every action responsibility.

The human being is not the lord of beings, but the shepherd of Being.

The poets are in the vanguard of a changed conception of Being.

When Schrank approached Roosevelt, a quick-thinking bystander deflected the gunman's hand and probably saved the ex-president's life. After the incident, the crowd attempted to lynch Schrank, but Roosevelt calmed the mob. He yelled, "Don't hurt the poor creature!" as police hauled Schrank away.

We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy.

Russians and Saudis both expressed frustration with the leadership of their countries, and as many Saudis as Russians told me they would happily move someplace else.

leadership requires disturbing people—but at a rate they can absorb.

The hope of leadership lies in the capacity to deliver disturbing news and raise difficult questions in a way that people can absorb, prodding them to take up the message rather than ignore it or kill the messenger.

the word "lead" has an Indo-European root that means "to go forth, die.

To survive and succeed in exercising leadership, you must work as closely with your opponents as you do with your supporters.

When exercising leadership, you risk getting marginalized, diverted, attacked, or seduced. Regardless of the form, however, the point is the same. When people resist adaptive work, their goal is to shut down those who exercise leadership in order to preserve what they have.

Leadership is an improvisational art. You may have an overarching vision, clear, orienting values, and even a strategic plan, but what you actually do from moment to moment cannot be scripted. To be effective, you must respond to what is happening.

being criticized by people you care about is almost always a part of exercising leadership.