Quotes About Leadership

Vader made most of the naval officers he encountered uncomfortable. To them, he was a towering dark figure outside their chain of command who had emerged from nowhere and possessed powers they did not understand.

I've heard that the regular officers hate him, but the Stormtrooper Corps almost worships him.

Cale, I am the Second of Mask. We are more than comrades, more than friends. I am at your shoulder through whatever comes. Now … be the First.

Underlings should always be uncomfortable in the presence of their superiors," said the Emperor. "Don't you agree?

The innovative leader has to be an arsonist and a firefighter.

The clear purpose of the leader is to give a clear purpose to the team.

It is your job as a lateral leader to ask fundamental questions about your business and about every situation. It is tempting to appear decisive by jumping straight to the conclusions and making rapid decisions. But the chances are that those rapid decisions are predictable courses based on existing assumptions and prejudices

As Napoleon later put it, when describing his feelings at this time: "I saw the way to achieve all my dreams. . . . I would found a religion, I saw myself marching on the way to Asia, mounted on an elephant, a turban on my head, and in my hand a new Koran that I would have composed to suit my needs. In my enterprises I would have combined the experiences of the two worlds, exploiting the realm of all history for my own profit."7

February 17, 1950: "We shall have world government whether or not you like it – by conquest or consent.

1978, Sir Winston Lord, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, said: "The Trilateral Commission doesn't secretly run the world. The Council on Foreign Relations does that.

Whoever bids other folks to do right, but gives an evil example by acting the opposite way, is like a foolish weaver who weaves quickly with one hand and unravels the cloth just as quickly with the other. — St. Thomas More

O conhecimento bíblico não deve ser confundido com a maturidade cristã. A exatidão homilética não é o mesmo que piedade. Destreza teológica é muito diferente de santidade prática. Liderança bem sucedida não é o mesmo que um coração para Cristo. Crescimento em influência não deve ser confundido com crescimento em graça.

I want to deploy the leadership to meet the challenges that face us and to restore America's greatness.

What a pity to see a mind as great as Napoleon's devoted to trivial things such as empires, historic events, the thundering of cannons and of men; he believed in glory, in posterity, in Caesar; nations in turmoil and other trifles absorbed all his attention ... How could he fail to see that what really mattered was something else entirely?

Power without abuse loses its charm.

Today's boards don't need chief marketing officers who have creative flair but no financial discipline.

The future will belong to those who have passion and are willing to work hard to make our country better.

Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning.

I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power.

Politics is not about power.

Politics is not about money.

The White House alone cannot hold its opponents accountable.

Now he and other former allies, such as newspaper publisher Oswald Garrison Villard, began to question Roosevelt's emotional stability and subsequently the leadership of Washington, who continued to remain loyal to him.

You've been gone all day without checking in, making decisions that concern this case without prior authorization, and now you come back with nothing but a script for a made-for-TV movie.