Quotes About Leadership

Modi winning or not winning is not important. I can go home tomorrow & open a tea stall but the nation must not suffer.

White House operatives went to great lengths to show Obama shifting focus from wars abroad to domestic issues at home.

The problems we face now - poverty and violence at home, war and destruction abroad - will last only as long as we continue relying on the same politicians who created them in the first place.

I think if a poet wanted to lead, he or she would want the message to be unequivocally clear and free of ambiguity. Whereas poetry is actually the home of ambiguity, ambivalence and uncertainty.

The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few but how honestly and fairly it deals with the many who must depend on it.

The public want honesty from their politicians. Not showy gimmicks.

Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.

Truth is the glue that holds government together.

One reason I won't compromise is because I believe honesty helps you win over the long haul. You can win a game tomorrow and lose a team. You can lose a game tomorrow and win a football team.

Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization.

I think it is better when people with their own businesses and means of income join politics as there is some degree of honesty and integrity.

The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history.

As a governor and senator, John Chafee set the standard for honesty and decency that the rest of us on our best days could only dream to emulate.

We need some honesty and sincerity instead of corrupt government in Washington.

It is our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them, and have the honesty to say to people, 'There are no easy solutions here.'

I sought neither preeminence, glory, nor riches; my honor was that Jesus Christ should reign.

I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honor was conferred upon me, and I resolved to prove worthy of the trust.

Too often we honor swagger and bluster and the wielders of force; too often we excuse those who are willing to build their own lives on the shattered dreams of others.

When your mission is to restore honor and integrity to the White House, you've got to be willing to use any means necessary.

When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.

There's no greater challenge and there is no greater honor than to be in public service.

Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.

Pointing fingers, trying to catch each other in scandal does not bring honor to this House.

Proud is the spirit of Zeus-fostered kings - their honor comes from Zeus, and Zeus, god of council, loves them.