Quotes About Leadership

Government should do a few things, and do them right.

Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all

no punishment, in my opinion, is to great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country's ruin

if to please the people,we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterwards defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.

It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.

Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country. - March 15, 1783

George Washington famously warned against ... 'ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burden which we ourselves ought to bear

Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my Commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life. (Address to Congress on Resigning Commission Dec 23, 1783)

Do not suffer your good nature [...] to say yes when you ought to say no; remember that it is a public not a private cause that is to be injured or benefitted by your choice

56.Associate yourself with Men of good Quality if you Esteem your own Reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad Company.

Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.

Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

I can truly say I had rather be a Mount Vernon than to be attended at the Seat of Government by the Officers of State and the Representatives of every Power in Europe.

Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.

Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.

George Washington did NOT say, "I'll die on my feet before I'll live on my knees!" There is no known source of Washington saying this. Zapata, FDR, yes; not Washington. I have a rundown of sources on this on my blog, Millard Fillmore's Bathtub.

Nixon became the first (and to date, only) former Vice President to be elected President (every other Vice President who moved into the Presidency either succeeded upon his predecessor's death, or won election directly from the Vice Presidency).

Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for I have not only grown gray but almost blind in the service of my country.

Everyone was watching Maigret. Children followed him, one of them imitating his heavy gait.

Miss Taverner took the whip and reins in her hands, and mounted into the driving-seat, scorning assistance. Take your orders from Miss Taverner, Henry, said the Earl, getting up beside his ward. Me Lord, you are never going to let a female drive us? said Henry almost tearfully. What about my pride? Swallow it, Henry, replied the Earl amicably.

His lordship detested independently-minded subordinates. It was not the business of his officers to think for themselves.

Others determined the morality. Others had the hatred. Others turned his work into victories. He did as he was told, expertise his trade mark. The soldier in his army.

After a war of about 40 years, undertaken by the most stupid [Claudius], maintained by the most dissolute [Nero], and terminated by the most timid [Domitian] of all the emperors, the far greater part of the island [of Britain] submitted to the Roman yoke.