Quotes About Leadership

The quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the opinion of others, the singlehanded defiance of the world.

It's a sad indication of where Washington has come, where policy differences almost necessarily become questions of integrity. I came to Washington in the late '70s, and people had the ability in the past to have intense policy differences but didn't feel the need to question the other person's character.

No one ever promised that the fastest horse in the race was the easiest one to ride. on managing talented people

By this point in the war Lee had become a master at outlining a course of action that was specific enough to obtain the necessary bureaucratic backing but vague enough to allow him maximum flexibility of action once underway.

I wonder if Napoleon or even Robt. Lee were our commander this evening would they pursue a defeated army in this cautious, courteous way?

Buford didn't dress for respect, he earned it. He didn't try to get his name in the newspapers, instead he led with deeds that caused his men to follow his guidon with confidence and the full expectation of success.

To chase a dog is merely to teach it to run away.

You cannot mistake Bush's clarity of purpose. He believes in a story about freedom and opportunity that makes his followers feel like they aren't just ticking their days down but are part of something larger than themselves.

If you don't learn how to practice power, someone else will do it for you—in your name, on your turf, with your voice, and often against your interests.

Every person and institution with power in our society today has it because we give it to them.

Picture a litter of kittens. One is more curious than the next. One is more aggressive than the next. One is a leader, and another is a follower. The first is not potentially curious; she is already curious. The second is not potentially aggressive; he is already aggressive. The third and the fourth are not potentially leaders and followers; they are already that. In exactly the same way a human infant is not potentially smart; he is already smart.

There is always room for optimism; there is always something to do that is historically important, choices in one's life that matter, a challenge against more powerful foes, great people to work with, and a real chance for victory.

Perhaps the most instructive experience is to see the way governments all over the world are exclaiming, "What are we going to do about the United States?!

Rather than saying our leaders aren't leading, we can, using this distinction, say instead that the people with authority aren't exercising any leadership.

Leadership is also quite different from just doing your job well.

It is incumbent on leadership to reevaluate areas where women have been relegated to serve that are not based on biblical prohibitions but rather on cultural practices that may be extensions of sexism and misogyny.

Leading a family starts with being in a vital and flourishing relationship with God through Jesus Christ. Jesus' own leadership flowed from His intimacy with the Father.

It's time for manhood to be restored.

Men, if your wife is lifeless, uncommitted to the Lord, spiritually docile, and ineffective in her role as a wife, you need to consider not what is wrong with her, but rather what your role is in her being in that state. It doesn't all fall on you, just as it's not Jesus' fault if you aren't moving forward spiritually. But you must think long and hard about whether you have truly died to yourself enough to empower your wife to the glory of Jesus.

As men, we must not become lethargic in our vigilance against things that would attempt to destroy manhood.

one of the most powerful definitions of leadership: "Leadership is taking the initiative for the benefit of others.

I am leaving because I have to fight simultaneously a potential recurrence of cancer the Democratic leadership, a health care bill that's going to destroy this country, my opposition to it and a belief that my party has become what it became - what it campaigned against.

And this administration and this House leadership have said, quote-unquote, they will stop at nothing to pass this health care bill. And now they've gotten rid of me and it will pass. You connect the dots.

How can you change the world? The answer: find seven women, turn them loose, and watch Satan tremble in their presence." —