Quotes About Leadership

I think Mr. Clarke had a tendency to interfere too much with the activities of the CIA, and our leadership at the senior level let him interfere too much. So criticism from him I kind of wear as a badge of honor.

Every captain knew it was his job to deliver cargo as cheaply and as quickly as possible," one Great Lakes captain commented long after the loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald, "and if you didn't measure up, the company would replace you with a captain who would measure up.

Battles are won by men. Wars are won by strategists.

Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.

I don't plan. Anyone in my way can either step aside or I will step over them.

Great change always comes down to the actions of a single person.

There's nothing so much like a god on earth as a General on a battlefield.

To be a good soldier you must love the army. But to be a good officer you must be willing to order the death of the thing you love. That is Ã¢â'¬Â¦ a very hard thing to do. No other profession requires it. That is one reason why there are so very few good officers. Although there are many good men.

Jackson is gone - not entirely gone; Jackson was there today watching, and Ewell sees his eyes - but you cannot blame him for not being Jackson. You must make do with the tools God has given for the job.

Michael Shellenberger

Thermopylae – The Battle that Changed the World

The last thing they need is Lieutenant Gorman telling them to lay down suppressing fire with flame units and fall back by squads.

Those were the words of a British army officer, and member of Captain Scott's doomed expedition to the South Pole, before walking out from his tent and into a blizzard. Knowing his gangrene and frostbite were hurting their chances of survival, he chose certain death, to relieve his friends of the burden of caring for him.

You know what they call a leader with no followers?" The others waited for him to answer his own question. "Just a guy out taking a walk.

Libraries encourage the heart, which means we should lead from the heart, learn from the heart, and play from the heart. It means we are all-in all the time, not just when it's convenient.

Like Abraham Lincoln, I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.

In any pandemic, effective leadership is critical, and the first responsibility of the president or the head of any nation is to offer accurate and up-to-date information, provided by public health experts, not agenda-oriented political operatives.

All those who do great things for God will ultimately stand alone.

to stop the Fire Nation

I have to keep her in line somehow or she'll think she's the boss of everything.

Pick your associates well, back them fully, empower them with both accountability and responsibility, and they will produce far more than you ever will achieve on your own.

Taken together, the 16 principles establish a foundation for leadership at most organizations at most times. But "most" is not always good enough. Further customization is also required for distinct times and unique contexts. Among the most important divisions are those of company, role, country, moment, stage, and place.

The leader's checklist for General Electric, for instance, according to those highly familiar with the company, includes teaching others how to lead their divisions, making tough—often wrenching—personnel decisions around performance, and continually innovating. A checklist for Google, by contrast, would place greater emphasis on the individual pursuit of creative sparks, keeping teams small, and guiding others in an even-keeled manner.

The problem is, of course, that the functions of leadership are not well understood. Leaders, according to John Kotter of the Harvard Business School, function quite differently from managers. Leaders are responsible to provide vision, raise up other leaders, and create useful change. Managers, however, maintain the present system and seek to enhance it. Sadly, most church leaders are, in reality, managers.