Quotes About Leadership

Good character does not assure worldly success, or triumph in statecraft, but it does provide firm grounding in victory and consolation in failure.

Para el líder, la gestión del riesgo es tan crítica como la capacidad de análisis.

El renacimiento que experimentó Reino Unido gracias a Thatcher fue un proyecto económico y espiritual. Cuando se convirtió en primera ministra, la decadencia nacional no solo se debía a una

El renacimiento que experimentó Reino Unido gracias a Thatcher fue un proyecto económico y espiritual. Cuando se convirtió en primera ministra, la decadencia nacional no solo se debía a una economía

Letting Stalin lead Mao into authorizing the Korean War was the only strategic mistake Mao ever made because, in the end, the Korean War delayed Chinese unification by a century in that it led to America's commitment to Taiwan.

Žádná spole?nost nikdy nemÄ›la sílu, žádný v?dce odolnost a žádná víra energii nutnou k tomu, aby své zákony prosadila trvale na celém svÄ›tÄ›. Univerzální moc se prokázala jako nedosažitelná a islám v tomto bodÄ› není výjimkou.

Foreign policy is in danger of turning into a subdivision of domestic politics instead of an exercise in shaping the future.

Observe carefully; secure our position; cope with affairs calmly; hide our capacities and bide our time; be good at maintaining a low profile; and never claim leadership.40

Ã…Ëœe?eno slovy Rooseveltova oblíbeného poÃ…â"¢ekadla, Amerika bude "mluvit tiÅ¡e a držet silnou h?l".

No leader among Russia's immediate neighbors shares America's faith in Russian conversion as the key to his country's security.

Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.

Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

The issues are too important to be left for the voters.

The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.

Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God

Intellectuals analyze the operations of international systems; statesmen build them.

Something is wanting, and something must be done, or we shall be involved in all the horror of failure, and civil war without a prospect of its termination.

The wrong place to start is to hire familiar people who are in your comfort zone—good buddies, but not the best in their skill set. Such people are difficult to fire and hard to manage.

In a business context we're talking about the ability to instill trust that the leader is sharing the hard work, understanding the difficult issues, and being honest in dealing with people so that all the team members feel they're in the same boat in good times and bad times. People have to feel that when hard actions are called for, their leader will be there to take responsibility and be prepared to sacrifice more than others to reach a satisfactory end.

To the memory of the Man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.

The sad truth is that the civil rights movement cannot be reborn until we identify the causes of black suffering, some of them self-inflicted. Why can't black leaders organize rallies around responsible sexuality, birth within marriage, parents reading to their children and students staying in school and doing homework?

History deals mainly with captains and kings, gods and prophets, exploiters and despoilers, not with useful men.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.