Quotes About Leadership

The head monkey at Paris puts on a traveller's cap, and all the monkeys in America do the same.

Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it.

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.

I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient.

Le meilleur gouvernement est celui qui ne gouverne pas du tout; et quand les hommes y seront prêts, tel sera le genres de gouvernement qu'ils auront. Un gouvernement, au mieux, n'est qu'un expédient ; mais la plupart d'entre eux sont d'habitude, et tous les gouvernements sont quelquefois nuisibles.

It is truly enough said that a corporation has no conscience; but a corporation of conscientious men is a corporation with a conscience.

So here we are moving toward the exit of the twentieth century with a religious community largely adjusted to the status quo, standing as a tail light behind other community agencies rather than a headlight leading men to higher levels of justice.

We talk about a representative government; but what a monster is that where the noblest faculties of the mind, and the whole heart, are not represented.

La meta de un buen gobierno es darle más valor a la vida; la de un mal gobierno, restarle valor.

I am, indeed, set over them for their own good only, and was created for their use, and not they for mine.

Laméntase a menudo que los demagogos logren mayor asenso al exponer públicamente sus despropósitos económicos que los hombres de bien al denunciar sus fallos.

Lo que en la conducta de cualquier familia es prudencia —afirmaba el recio sentido común de Adam Smith, replicando a los sofistas de su tiempo— difícilmente puede ser locura en el gobierno de un gran reino.»

Great statesmen oughtn't to waltz.

I believe those that are on top the heap are better than those that are under it, that they mean to stay here, and that if they are not a pack of poltroons they will.

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance.

The real leader has no need to lead. He is content to point the way.

One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician, ready and willing to see people sacrificed, slaughtered, for the sake of an idea, whether a good one or a bad one.

Leaders dramatically influence the culture of their organizations through their own work habits. Being a leader does not mean one has 'made it' and is now exempt from hard work. Rather, leaders should set the pace for others. Few things discourage employees and volunteers any more than lazy leaders. Leaders should not ask their people to undertake tasks they are unwilling to perform themselves.

At times emerging leaders limit their future possibilities by their impatience. They look for shortcuts to success, but God is methodical. He typically lays a foundation of character before building a superstructure of leadership.

Leaders ought never to allow the least motivated members of an organization to set the pace for the others. Rather

When leaders claim that God bypasses their followers and speaks directly to them, they greatly diminish all God does through the lives of believers. Leaders who begrudge people the opportunity to seek God themselves and who do not actively teach their people how to hear God's voice have disqualified themselves as spiritual leaders.

The man God uses does not pattern his life after well-known military strategists, political figures, heroes ofthis world, or other prominent Christians. Rather, he makes an absolute commitment to pattern his life after Jesus Christ as the Master Servant.

Leaders who continually invest large amounts of time into people who refuse to do God's will are investing their time unwisely. On