Quotes About Leadership

As long as he [William of Orange] lived, he was the guiding-star of a whole brave nation, and when he died the little children cried in the streets.

Emerson said that an institution is the lengthened shadow of one man

No Executive can value the worth of others unless he first learns to value himself

The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.

at the end of the game the team with the most points on the board is going to win.

The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare.

I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.

The argument that Saddam Hussein was a bad man and had to be removed simply won't do. There are many bad men around the world who run countries and we don't topple them, and, indeed, in earlier years we actually supported Saddam Hussein when he was fighting Iran. The argument that someone is a bad man is an inadequate argument for war and an unacceptable argument for regime change.

Ego sum Attila, flagellum Dei" (Ben de Attila, Tanr?'n?n k?rbac?/I am Attila, the scourge of God)

Are you a brilliant, charismatic leader with once-more-into-the-breach persistence? Or an egomaniac squandering resources and lives?

Why, man, we are all philosophical monarchs Or natural fools.

He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.

America is a land where men govern, but women rule.

Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.

It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his fellow citizens.

He [Woodrow Wilson] could write Notes from Sinai or Olympus; he could remain unapproachable in the White House or even in the Council of Ten and be safe. But if he once stepped down to the intimate equality of the Four, the game was evidently up.

It is a mistake to think businessmen are more immoral than politicians.

La cosa importante per il governo non è fare ciò che gli individui fanno già, e farlo un po' meglio o un po' peggio, ma fare ciò che presentemente non si fa del tutto.

I'd much rather lose a campaign than lose a war.

While serving as a pallbearer for one of his Naval Academy classmates on a cold, rainy day at Arlington National Cemetery, my grandfather listened to a young officer suggest that he button up his raincoat to protect himself from the elements. The old man, raincoat flapping in the wind, looked at his solicitous subordinate and said, "You don't think I got where I am by taking care of my health, do you?

I'm not President Bush

Country First

To enjoy enduring success we should travel a little in advance of the world.

If sales managers hire C-grade players and do everything else perfectly—onboarding, training, developing, and maintaining a great sales process—that team will still have a difficult time becoming the number one sales force. However, if you hire only grade A players and do everything else average, the A players will help you find a way to win.