Quotes About Leadership

Kotcheff recalled after a northern trek with Trudeau. "He was by far the best dish-washer, fire-maker and camp organizer. He put some of us to shame.… Not only was he fit, he turned out to be one of the best canoeists and sternsmen in the group. If anyone succumbed to the elements, it wouldn't be Pierre.

As you listen to political speech, notice those occasions when politicians and other leaders use the passive voice to avoid responsibility for problems and mistakes.

President Eisenhower was a fine general and a good, decent man, but if he had fought World War II the way he fought for civil rights, we would all be speaking German now.

By example shall we lead

We don't need the gospels, we need the fiery men who wrote them!

Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present.

There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader.

The tumult and the shouting dies;The captains and the kings depart.

Take up the White Man's burden,Send forth the best ye breed—Go, bind your sons to exileTo serve your captives' need.

Four things greater than all things are, - Women and Horses and Power and War.

Little Tin Gods on Wheels.

You sometimes see a woman who would have made a Joan of Arc in another century and climate, threshing herself to pieces over all the mean worry of housekeeping.

Daughter am I in my mother's house; But mistress in my own.

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch.

When Pack meets with Pack in the Jungle, and neither will go from the trail,Lie down till the leaders have spoken—it may be fair words shall prevail.

For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.

If you can walk with the crowd and keep your virtue, or walk with Kings-nor lose the common touch; If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you; If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute with 60 seconds worth of distance run- Yours is the earth and everything that's in it, And-which is more-you'll be a man my son.

The final end of government is not to exert restraint but to do good.

Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.

There's a reason I've been the top bitch in the game for more than twenty-five years.

Stick with the ones who have vision. The ones who can not only dream it, but can also make it happen. Stick with the winners, baby.

When you're a catalyst for change, you make enemies - and I'm proud of the ones I've got.

In motivating people, you've got to engage their minds and their hearts. I motivate people, I hope, by example - and perhaps by excitement, by having productive ideas to make others feel involved.

The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.