Quotes About Leadership

As his vice president for eight years, I learned more from Ronald Reagan than from anyone I encountered in all my years of public life.

Good ball players make good citizens.

I had a life experience that most of my - that none of my friends had. I remember I became everybody's rabbi. Everybody who needed advice would talk to me, and it became an obvious thing.

Motivation needs to be a part of your own life for you to be effective in conveying it to others.

I was a member of the Armed Services Committee for 18 years. I spent a big chunk of my life studying national security issues and our role in the world.

Mentors are available at all stages of your leadership life - early, middle and late. Seek them out and listen; absorb their knowledge and use it.

Life is special when you reach out beyond yourself to be a true servant leader for others.

I dont want to just be a broker all my life, I want to lead.

The spinning wheel for us is the foundation for all public corporate life.

I don't think you can be in public life without being called bad names.

At the end of the day, when it comes time to make that decision, as president, all you have to guide you are your values, and your vision, and the life experiences that make you who you are.

The prime minister has chosen to acknowledge publicly the sovereignty of God and the claim of God on her life. Hers is the challenge to live up to that claim.

Leadership, pure and simple, is the assumption of responsibility for the pursuit of excellence in group life.

Your greatest contribution to helping other people live their destiny is for you to live your own.

I am struggling to maintain the government, not to overthrow it. I am struggling especially to prevent others from overthrowing it.

You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up. Don't feel sorry for me. Much is expected of those who are strong.

No politician is perfect. But in every election in your life, there will be one choice that is better than the others. Go out and vote for that one.

All my life I have had a certain idea of France.

In America, we do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone but rather to let it shine as an example. We will shine for everyone to follow.

A just and wise magistrate is a blessing as extensive as the community to which he belongs; a blessing which includes all other blessings whatsoever that relate to this life.

Why be the sheep when you can be the wolf?

The life lessons taught by John Wooden have become legend. Here's a collection of some of the greatest 'Woodenisms.'

What to change your life? Begin by saying, "The Lord is my shepherd."

I want to be president mainly for what I don't want to do: I don't want to run your life, I don't want to run the economy, and I don't want to police the world.