Quotes About Leadership

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He does not say, "My men were beaten," he says, "I was beaten."

He profits most who serves best.

It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.

A great man is one who seizes the vital issue in a complex question, what we might call the jugular vein of the whole organism, and spends his energies upon that.

I can always make it a rule to get there first with the most men.

The king of France with twenty thousand men Went up the hill, and then came down again: The king of Spain with twenty thousand more Climbed the same hill the French had climbed before.

I want to see you shoot the way you shout.

Every noble crown is, and on earth will ever be, a crown of thorns.

Winston [Churchill] has devoted the best years of his life to preparing his impromptu speeches.

Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything.

If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.

Let's win this one for the Gipper.

Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.

Learn to think continentally.

Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.

If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be no help.

Vacillating people seldom succeed. They seldom win the solid respect of their fellows. Successful men and women are very careful in reaching decisions, and very persistent and determined in action thereafter.

The art of dealing with people is the foremost secret of successful men. A man's success in handling people is the very yardstick by which the outcome of his whole life's work is measured.

No matter how much a man can do, no matter how engaging his personality may be, he will not advance far in business if he cannot work through others.

Morale is the greatest single factor in successful wars.

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

No man will succeed unless he is ready to face and overcome difficulties and prepared to assume responsibilities.