Quotes About Leadership

It's the government's obligation to look really to the third parties to get the support to govern.

If you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people.

The Leader of the Opposition's constitutional obligation - the obligation to Parliament - it's the reason we did the merger! - is to make sure Canadians have an alternative for government.

It'll be an unholy muddle, that's for sure," he was saying. "Me and Hardin and Baker all with our claws out for the same seat. The thing will have to be done carefully or we'll end up with out tidy little Whig house divided." "Why don't you take turns?" "It's worth thinking about, but no matter how much you'd like politics to be a cotillion it just naturally wants to be a dirt fight.

I love it when a plan comes together! - Hannibal Smith, A-Team

A congregation that does not pray for the ministry of its pastor," Bonhoeffer warns, "is no longer a congregation."11 He then adds, "A pastor who does not pray daily for his congregation is no longer a pastor."12

Be strong, and let us show ourselves courageous for the sake of our people and for the cities of our God; and may the LORD do what is good in His sight. (2 Samuel 10:12)

De manera que el liderazgo de tu familia comienza con tu tiempo a solas con Dios. Es sumamente importante para el hombre apartar un tiempo cada día para orar, leer las Escrituras y poner el corazón en sintonía con el de Dios.

Lordship is when "What does the Lord want?" trumps, "What do I want?

Napoleon Bonaparte said, "Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have all founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire on love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him.

No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.

Nor would he condemn democracy outright, allowing that it might be appropriate for some countries. Still, he argued that democracy would bring disintegration to Russia, which needed "firm authority.

In spite of his Cold War credentials, Kennedy still believed in the power of words.

Already Edward Drone was beginning to feel something of what it meant to hold office and there was creeping into his manner the quiet self-importance which is the first sign of conscious power.

The Prophet in Our Midst

The first job of a leader—at work or at home—is to inspire trust. It's to bring out the best in people by entrusting them with meaningful stewardships, and to create an environment in which high-trust interaction inspires creativity and possibility.

Trust is equal parts character and competence... You can look at any leadership failure, and it's always a failure of one or the other.

Above all, success in business requires two things: a winning competitive strategy, and superb organizational execution. Distrust is the enemy of both. I submit that while high trust won't necessarily rescue a poor strategy, low trust will almost always derail a good one.

There are no moral shortcuts in the game of business—or life. There are, basically, three kinds of people: the unsuccessful, the temporarily successful, and those who become and remain successful. The difference is character.

S × E)T = R ([Strategy times Execution] multiplied by Trust equals Results)

A leader doesn't need any credit…. He's getting more credit than he deserves anyway. —ROBERT TOWNSEND, FORMER CEO, AVIS

The ability to establish, grow, extend, and restore trust with all stakeholders—customers, business partners, investors, and coworkers—is the key leadership competency of the new global economy.

David knew what it was to be a man. As he lay dying, he called his son Solomon to his bedside and gave him final instructions: "I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and show yourself a man." These are the last recorded words of one of the greatest kings to ever live. Of all he might have said to his son with his final breath, he chose to instruct him to be a man. They are words we should never forget.

What are you reading, watching, memorizing, and applying that will make you an exceptional man?