Quotes About Leadership

One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

times of great idealism carry equal chances for great corruptibility.

Pointsman is finding it much easier to of late to slip into a l'etat c'est moi frame of mind--who else is doing anything?

Remember, she who keepeth the Books runneth the Business.

How does one man get the power to make the rest see in themselves what he sees in them?

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.

What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?

Everyone may be called comrade, but some comrades have the power of life and death over other comrades.

Ronald Reagan had a vision of America. Barack Obama has a vision of Barack Obama.

People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.

The difference is that one system involves each individual making choices for himself or herself, while the other system involves a small number of people making choices for millions of others.

When the anointed say that there is a crisis this means that something must be done—and it must be done simply because the anointed want it done.

When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear. People with careers as ethnic leaders usually tell their followers what they want to hear.

The President is a phrase-maker par excellence. He admires trite sayings and revels in formulating them. But when he comes to their practical application he is so vague that their worth may well be doubted. He apparently never thought out in advance where they would lead or how they would he interpreted by others.

Eventually, this black leadership pressured and negotiated independence for Nigeria, beginning in 1960.

Uno de los mayores defectos de las economías manejadas por autoridades políticas, ya sea bajo el mercantilismo medieval o el comunismo moderno, es que la visión y perspicacia que surge entre la población no tienen el suficiente peso como para forzar a las autoridades a cambiar la manera en que hacen las cosas.

You are a Queen. Let mine be the joy of giving you your kingdom.

Jose loved giving orders to the servants, and they loved obeying her. She always made them feel they were taking part in some drama.

Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do. —Savielly Tartakover (Polish GM)

Russian leaders see America's Christian right as a tremendously useful vehicle for influencing American politics and government in a manner favorable to Russian interests.

The real issue at the Capitol Ministries fund-raiser is that the proponents of this antidemocratic vision no longer seem to feel the need to disguise their ambitions. They, too, are getting ready to king.

Trump seems pleased to play the role that his followers have assigned him. He is obliging them by behaving like a monarch—or, some might say, a mad king.

As the historian and author Randall Balmer writes, "It wasn't until 1979—a full six years after Roe—that evangelical leaders, at the behest of conservative activist Paul Weyrich, seized on abortion not for moral reasons, but as a rallying-cry to deny President Jimmy Carter a second term. Why? Because the anti-abortion crusade was more palatable than the religious right's real motive: protecting segregated schools."33