Quotes About Leadership

Power is founded upon opinion.

It has been more profitable for us to bind together in the wrong direction than to be alone in the right one. Those who have followed the assertive idiot rather than the introspective wise person have passed us some of their genes. This is apparent from a social pathology: psychopaths rally followers.

Just so you know, we're ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas.

On the other hand, if the free world is concerned with how a new Palestinian leader governs, then the peace process will have a real chance to succeed.

The message of the free world to any potential Palestinian leadership should be a simple one: Embrace democratic reform and we will embrace you.

hesitant to delegate responsibility, he ordained dozens of them to the ministry and sent them out to plant and pastor churches. Within ten years he was commanding a formidable army of active church workers, and some people were jokingly referring to him as "the Pope of the North Country.

I ended the war a horse ahead.

Get there first with the most men.

Hail, Lincoln! As the swift years lengthen Still more majestic grows thy fame.

We must become what we wish to teach.

Regardless of what we think we're teaching, we teach what we are.

Your job is to be the hardest motherfucker in your platoon," he said while pointing at me across the desk. "Do that, and everything else will fall into place." He added that I was assigned to Bravo Company, call sign Hitman, and wished me luck.

Strong combat leadership is never by committee. Platoon commanders must command, and command in battle isn't based on consensus. It's based on consent. Any leader wields only as much authority and influence as is conferred by the consent of those he leads. The Marines allowed me to be their commander, and they could revoke their permission at any time.

Great Marine commanders, like all great warriors, are able to kill that which they love most -- their men.

We learned that indecision is a decision, that inaction has a cost all its own. Good commanders act and create opportunities. Great commanders ruthlessly exploit those opportunities

combat command is the loneliest job in the world.

the greatest danger to America's future came from self-serving opportunism masquerading as patriotism. At

Modern survival psychologists have determined that this "social"—as opposed to "authoritarian"—form of leadership is ill suited to the early stages of a disaster, when decisions must be made quickly and firmly. Only later, as the ordeal drags on and it is necessary to maintain morale, do social leadership skills become important.

There was a saying on the island: "[I]t is a pity to spoil a good mate by making him a master.

Chase's ability to adjust his manner of leadership to the needs of his men begs comparison to one of the greatest and most revered leaders of all time, Sir Ernest Shackleton.

When you experience a failure as a leader, don't hide it - talk about it. Your missed opportunity will encourage others to take risks.

My government is as pure as Belgium glass ... Naveen patnaik

Shri Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of Odisha since 2000, adored by millions, for his ... Each bone of my body is secular. ...

True discipleship is for volunteers only. Only volunteers will trust the Guide sufficiently to follow Him in the dangerous ascent which only He can lead.