Quotes About Leadership

Cyrus became lord of that great realm. His first act was to free all the peoples held in captivity by the Babylonians. Among them were the Jews, who went home to Jerusalem

He sent messengers ahead to meet Alexander and offered him half his kingdom and his daughter in marriage, if only he would agree not to fight. 'If I were Alexander, I'd take it,' said Alexander's friend, Parmenios. 'And so would I, if I were Parmenios,' was Alexander's reply.

But Louis XIV had clever ministers, mainly men of humble origin chosen for their outstanding ability.

I've been the oldest child since before you were born

You mustn't put off what you think right," said Hamidullah. "That is why India is in such a plight, because we put off things.

We may still contrive to raise three cheers for democracy, although at present she only deserves two.

Come this way immediately," commanded Cecil, who always felt that he must lead women, though he know not whither, and protect them, though he knew not against what.

Come this way immediately," commanded Cecil, who always felt that he must lead women, though knew not whither, and protect them, though he knew not against what.

The predatory barons, kings, and princelings of the Middle Ages had bred a swarm of rulers with the political ethics of highway robbers and, for the most part, the intellects of stable boys.

Mr. Churchill is proud of Britain's stand alone, after France had fallen and before America entered the War.

I knew I could not maintain that leadership in open struggle against Moscow influence. Only two Communist leaders in history ever succeeded in doing this - Tito and Mao Tse-tung.

Jamal Crawford reminds me the most of myself, the way he goes to the basket. But they need leadership.

One evening I sat in on the congregation's annual meeting with its district superintendent, Alexander B. Joyner. It opened with testimony from Hoot Pruitt. "We're blessed to have our pastor, because he knows how to get people in line—not in a rough way, but in a gentle spirit," he said.

Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests. As long as ours is a representative form of government, and our legislatures are those instruments of government elected directly by and directly representative of the people, the right to elect legislators in a free and unimpaired fashion is a bedrock of our political system.

You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the goddamn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all.

You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all.

The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election.

Nothing is as embarrassing as watching your boss do something you assured him couldn't be done.

Spirituality is not about how far up the mountain we get but how many we take with us.

He guided the passions of others, because he was master of his own.

Clearly Hitler was not the representative of any single group or class but many groups at the same time. [...] He had no choice if he wanted to stay in power, for no group was so powerful that he could base his power on it alone

This is almost childish." one might think. "It seems infantile" And it is. That's why, first and foremost, such leaders need to infantilise the people.

He also knew that the call to break the imaginary chains of slavery preventing the real people from reaching greatness would resonate with his supporters, regardless of the fact that it sounded absurd to those who had had the chance to become what they wanted to be. 'It's not you,' he told them. 'It's them who prevent us from being great.' He gave them something solid to hate, and they gave him their votes.

Trump knew one simple fact about people that many of us choose to ignore: that even though individualism as a concept has been elevated for many decades, the ordinary man still needs a shepherd to lead him to greatness. He knew how diminishing and disappointing it can feel to realise that you are only mediocre, in a world where you have constantly been told that you can be anything you want to be.