Quotes About Leadership

Men, as fathers you have such power! You will have this terrible power till you die, like it or not — in your attitude toward authority, in your attitude toward women, in your regard for God and the Church. What terrifying responsibilities! This is truly the power of life and death.

The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war.

We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!

The man who follows a crowd will never be followed by a crowd.

When women are educated, the world is a better place.

Why be the sheep when you can be the wolf?

In the distance a wolf howls. Let it come, I think. Beast will most likely simply howl back, and the creature will either turn tail and run or fall into line behind him, like the rest of us have.

laziness and irregular practice corrupts the intelligence of scholars and ruins their knowledge. Women under the influence of others are soon ruined. Lack or shortage of seeds results in lower crop output. Similarly, in the absence of the commander, the army can never win a war. Thus, in order to get superior results, the importance of regular practice must be understood.

A number of years ago, I heard Rabbi Wolpe tell a story of a man asking God when God would send someone to save their city. God replied I did. I sent you. What is this story? and who was talking to God?

The story of the king is the story of the people, and unfortunately, to this day, no king has learned that lesson.

to tyrannize for the country is to tyrannize over the country

her thrones were not her concern.

it occupies more and more space in society, and at last becomes its ruling force.

the personal man is eliminated to a phantom, everything becomes a revolution of policy

Follow me," Myrnin said. And do stay together. And by the way, this is the last time I go anywhere with you people. You are all insane.

Using fear to build political capital is a tactic as old as politics.

Keep your pants up, gentlemen," she said as she moved to stand in the middle of the half-naked players. "I'll just take a moment of your time, and I'd prefer you not do your synchronized jock-dropping thing.

The case for democracy is that voters in the aggregate will make better decisions than a lone monarch or dictator would.

As a Republican governor, a senator, or member of Congress, or as a Republican candidate, let me remind you: You're known by the company you keep. By associating yourself with or endorsing Trump, you own Trump's toxic radioactivity with voters outside his base.

Trump showed you can get elected by voters who think very poorly of you.

If voters think Donald Trump is rough around the edges, wait until they really start hearing from Chris Christie.

I have a clean image. I want to serve the people with humility and sincerity. Politicians have made use of peoples' votes but do not care for them.

Money has come to play a very bad role in the ANC; people's votes are bought, and patronage has become the order of the day. All those deviant tendencies need to be curbed.

I have two basic votes before I vote: is it constitutional, and is it in the interests of my people. If the answer is yes to both of them, then I vote for it, and I don't care who authored it.