Quotes About Leadership

The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy, that nobody knows whether to genuflect or spit.

We must make it clear that a platform of 'I hate gay men and women' is not a way to become president of the United States.

When I was elected President nobody asked me to negotiate between Israel and Egypt. It was not even a question raised in my campaign. But I felt that one of the reasons that I was elected President was to try to bring peace to the Holy Land.

Ever since Israel has been a nation the United States has provided the leadership. Every president down to the ages has done this in a fairly balanced way, including George Bush senior, Gerald Ford, and others including myself and Bill Clinton.

I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I've still been able to carry out my commitments to peace and human rights and environmental quality and freedom and democracy and so forth.

I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker than I am. But I think always to tell the truth in a sometimes blatant way, even though it might be temporarily unpopular, is the best approach.

A simple and a proper function of government is just to make it easy for us to do good and difficult for us to do wrong.

I am confident that when the facts and policies have been examined, when the record of performances have been reviewed, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will once again be elected to lead our beloved country to a better future.

I had very good support from Democrats and Republicans all throughout my administration. I had a very high batting average. We added more jobs per year in my four years than any other president since the Second World War.

There's no doubt that usually a president's public image is enhanced by going to war. That never did appeal to me.

Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.

I feel really good in the teacher role.

Women want their husbands to be the spiritual leaders of their homes and to pray with them.

It has been my experience that the only person who enjoys a meeting is the person who calls it so they can look important and boss everyone around.

On a shrunken planet where nearly every mountain bears bootprints and every mile of river has been run, being 'first' tends to require creative task definition" (111).

Being surrounded by toadies does not mean you are respected; it means you are the head toad.

The Wilma Rudolph Foundation is still in existence and works with thousands of young people every year.

Sô Candelário chega exclamava, chorava: dizia que nunca tinha chefiado pessoal tão valente feito nós, com tantas capacidades.

Fu lì che mi resi conto di come un gruppo di uomini ha bisogno di un capo completo. Il comandante è necessario per alleviare gli afflitti, per salvare la mente della gente da preoccupazioni sproporzionate. Non conoscevo, oggi chi sa se la conosco, la legge del nessun mezzotermine. Senza azione, avrei potuto consumare lì tutta la mia vita, tra il sì e il no.

Ele disse: — "Minha lei, sabe qual é que é, Tatarana? É a sorte dos homens valentes que estou comandando...

And we learned that you don't have to be famous or rich or physically healthy to be a leader. You just have to try to be a true person. We learned that helping other people brings out the good in everybody.

He shouted out like a drill sergeant, " Men, are we having fun yet? "No sir!" the vets cried out. " Men , are we going to fight like soldiers or fools?" The vets looked at one another, grinned. "Like fools, sir!" Everyone laughed. Luger dropped his cup again, but this time he kicked it hard across the room. " I can still kick! And everyone in rehab worked a little harder.

Politics isn't about power, control or manipulation. It's about serving up your very best. You don't understand the power you have until you use it. Helping other people brings out the good in everybody. When hope gets released in a place, all kinds of things are possible.

You don't have to be famous of rich or physically healthy to be a leader. You just have to try to be a true person