Quotes About Leadership

Because free peoples believe in the future, free peoples will own the future.

A political candidate who jumps to conclusions without knowing the facts is not a person you want as your commander in chief.

In executing the duties of my present important station, I can promise nothing but purity of intentions, and, in carrying these into effect, fidelity and diligence.

Experience has taught us that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the best calculated for their own good without the intervention of a coercive power

Nothing is more harmful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army superiority over another.

When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.

Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.

My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution.

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair the rest is in the hands of God.

Let me now… warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party.

There is nothing that gives a man consequence, and renders him fit for command, like a support that renders him independent of everybody but the State he serves.

My brave fellows, you have done all what I asked you to, and more than could be reasonably expected.

Remember that it is the actions, and not the commission, that make the officer, and that there is more expected from him, than the title

However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.

The politician who steals is worse than a thief. He is a fool. With all the grand opportunities around for the man with a political pull, there's no excuse for stealin' a cent.

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.

but he has never played the demagogue.

Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it - short-term pain for long-term gain.

Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.

Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues.

Institutions are lengthening shadows of strong individuals.

Good actors, including political actors, do not deal in unrealities. Rather, they create realities that matter – perceptions, aspirations, allegiances.

Notre vie est déjà pleine de morts, et pour chacun le plus mort des morts est le petit garçon qu'il fut. Et pourtant l'heure venue, c'est lui qui reprendra sa place à la tête de ma vie, rassemblera mes pauvres années jusqu'à la dernière, et comme un jeune chef ses vétérans, ralliant la troupe en désordre entrera le premier dans la maison du Père.