Quotes About Leadership

These were the idiots shat out by West Point, turds in starched uniforms and glistening high-and-tight haircuts, shiny-foreheaded future corporate executives who used words like envisionment instead of vision.

You are the captain of your own ship; the more you act from that perspective, the better things will go for you.

When those responsible for its security decide that something needs to be done, they're going to do it—without any discussion and in spite of any moral opposition.

She said, A king is the best and worst of men. Of course. Of course.

smart people work, elegant people have smart people work for them. Gallin

will probably fall apart while they try to decide who's going to care of business in his absence.

With so many people, democracy is impossible, and corruption is so easy.

If you live among wolves you have to act like a Wolf" – Nikita Khrushchev

I remembered Nero telling me once that smart people work, elegant people have smart people work for them.

by and large too many good soldiers get shot, and too few politicians.

blaming the Republicans for everything, Republicans are blaming the Democrats and nobody seems to want to take responsibility for anything.

The basis of any attempt to take over the world is always going to be a philosophy, and the philosophy in this case is one that has been around for centuries. It's based on the idea that the majority of the people are simply too stupid to know what's good for them, so they need a government that's going to make those decisions on their behalf. As long as there are politicians being voted into office, this philosophy is not going to die out.

We live in time where more and more countries are governed not by governments, but by men. Like in old times. And if you are not crazy when you take the throne, you will for sure be crazy if, after ten years, you have not left! Because personal political power make you crazy!

You were chosen, Noah, because you've proven that you will take action when action must be taken. You don't agonize over it, you simply decide whether action needs to be taken, and then you act on that decision.

Come, Mr. Mason, you know as well as I do that the American Empire is in decline, and dear Mr. Biden is old and decrepit, and has no stomach for a fight. He

Real men don't read directions, don't ask for directions, and never let a lack of understanding stop them

As for power, the man who has it is as much its slave as its master. The use of that power imposes obligations upon the one who uses it,

I don't know if you are much of a student of history, Mr. Prichard, but the most terrible tyrants have always been those who thought they were leading their people into some kind of paradise.

I feel a sense of anticipation of going into a situation where I will be forced to take action and make decisions. Since my actions and decisions can affect or endanger the lives of others, that anticipation takes on a sense of urgency. To me, that is excitement.

Listen, I have a great affection and respect for Joe Biden. I think he's been a great vice president. He's taken on a lot of tough assignments for our administration.

So, on the day after we lost Ted Kennedy's seat, when everyone in town was reading last rites over our health care bill, Obama began plotting the miracle of its resurrection.

campaign in poetry and govern in prose"—and

You won the Nobel Peace Prize," he said. "Are you kidding me?" "I promise you, sir, that I wouldn't wake you up to play a joke," Gibbs replied. "You've won the Nobel Peace Prize." "Gee," Obama said, absorbing the unlikely news. "All I want to do is pass health care.

career. Why didn't he wait and run for mayor after Daley was done? Barack would be the perfect candidate to bridge the city's divides.