Quotes About Leadership

Elijah, and John, will help in turning the people.

Democracy ends with the ballot box sealing

what Morocco needs is real statesman

We should adopt his principles and govern men as they are and not as what we'd like them to be.

We must put our trust in Robespierre; he is incorruptible.

Plato described in great detail a plan for government in which philosophers would take turns ruling the less able people of the country. As you may remember, Plato and his friends were philosophers.

Tragedy, in our times, is politics.

the journalist asked Zachariadis why he gave an anti-British speech to a crowd of 50,000 left-wing Greeks in Thessaloniki: "Is it because you want the British to leave Greece?" Zachariadis replied, "Yes," and Springe commented: "Are you aware of the consequences?" To which the communist leader said: "I am aware that a civil war, to which we are aspiring, shall follow. It will be a question of two months. After that everything will be alright."73

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passions, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.

some people are thermometers, some are thermostats. You're a thermostat. You don't register the temperature in a room, you change it.

Andre, he says, some people are thermometers, some are thermostats. You're a thermostat. You don't register the temperature in a room, you change it. So be confident, be yourself, take charge. Show her your essential self.

Andre, he says, some people are thermometers, some are thermostats. You're a thermostat. You don't register the temperature in a room, you change it. So be confident, be yourself, take charge.

Mandela said once in an interview: No matter where you are in life, there is always more journey ahead. And I think of one of Mandela's favorite quotes, from the poem Invictus, which sustained him during those moments when he thought his journey had been cut short: I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.

The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.

President Obama's 100-day plan is pretty impressive. I think it's a Wow 100-plus days. The administration is not operating from fear, it is trying to drive change for the future, and that's a good thing.

Women like myself, CEOs, can pave the way for more women to get to the top.

You know, you go home and you try on a new mascara, and I guess a male CEO can't do that.

There are pros and cons of experience. A con is that you can't look at the business with a fresh pair of eyes and as objectively as if you were a new CEO. Fire yourself on a Friday night and come in on Monday morning as if a search firm put you there as a turn-around leader. Can you be objective and make the bold change?

Avon is a unique place to work we've got family-friendly policies. We have more senior women in high-level management than any other company 46 percent of our officers are women.

I feel like I'm part of history being made. I leave Apple board meetings thinking, 'I've got to do a better job.'

The only thing you must keep from them is the fact that what we are aiming at is virtual global hegemony, McCaine had warned him. Be modest.