Quotes About Leadership

Too much of the public concern for the quality of society is still devoted to caring directly for individuals and not enough attention goes to caring for institutions and the way they are structured. Structural flaws can cause harm to individuals; conversely, conceptually sound and ably administered institutions can build people and enrich society. All too often we seem to disregard this important influence that institutions can have on people.

Sometimes on the bridge of his flagship, Beatty would release his inner tension by making faces. "For no apparent reason," said an officer who served with him, "he would screw his face into a fearsome grimace and hold it quite unconsciously for a minute or two." Another peculiarity was his addiction to fortune-tellers: a Mrs. Robinson, a Madame Dubois, and, in Edinburgh when he commanded the Grand Fleet, a "Josephine.

William tapped Nicholas on the shoulder and said, "My advice to you is more speeches and more parades.

Why is almost the whole earth governed by monarchs?" Voltaire asked. "The honest answer is because men are rarely worthy of governing themselves.… Almost nothing great has ever been done in the world except by the genius and firmness of a single man combating the prejudices of the multitude.… I do not like government by the rabble.

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For twenty years, Peter had been playing with soldiers; first toys, then boys, then grown men. His games had grown from drills involving a few hundred idle stable boys and falconers to 30,000 men involved in the assault and defense of the river fort of Pressburg. Now, seeking the excitement of real combat, he looked for a fortress to besiege, and Azov, isolated at the bottom of the Ukrainian steppe, suited admirably.

Peter returned to Russia determined to remold his country along Western lines. The old Muscovite state, isolated and introverted for centuries, would reach out to Europe and open itself to Europe. In a sense, the flow of effect was circular: the West affected Peter, the Tsar had a powerful impact upon Russia, and Russia, modernized and emergent, had a new and greater influence on Europe. For all three, therefore—Peter, Russia and Europe—the Great Embassy was a turning point.

Without Rasputin, there could have been no Lenin." ALEXANDER KERENSKY

Foreign policy is like hitting a baseball: if you fail 70 percent of the time, you go to the Hall of Fame.

Authoritarianism] appeals to core elements of human nature that liberalism does not always satisfy—the desire for order, for strong leadership, and perhaps above all, the yearning for the security of family, tribe, and nation.

If you want to go somewhere, it is best to find someone who has already been there.

When times are bad is when the real entrepreneurs emerge.

Military school was great and especially great for leadership and then I spent two years in Vietnam.

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him." Texas senator Lyndon Baines Johnson was

I like Sanders a lot...but I think his time may have passed.

of the USA. When the Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, one of the pioneering prepaid group health plans, was organized in the late 1930s, its founders included activists in trade unions and producer co-ops. Because health co-ops were fiercely opposed by organized medicine, their leaders and members necessarily had to become active in progressive politics.

The entrepreneur is essentially a visualizer and an actualizer. He can visualize something, and when visualizes it he sees exactly how to make it happen.

Having an epiphany is no big deal unless you can motivate others to believe in it and act on it. Energizers are better at getting others to act on their ideas within organizations, such as garnering support for initiatives

Our interviews also suggest that energizers get more from those around them.

In other words, energizers raise the overall level of performance around them.

We cannot enjoy power in the priesthood until we learn to act by faith.

Real strategists are warriors and must be willing and able to fight battles, to "see the elephant," as Civil War soldiers were fond of saying.

I hope to have God on my side; but I must have Kentucky," Lincoln reputedly said.