Quotes About Leadership

The whole world's safety depends on the words of two men who are enemies.

A little man in a threadbare coat spoke up for the poor as if he really knew what he was talking about. The women with the flowers threw them down for him. "That's Robert Speer," one said. "Something like that. He's our man.

A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done

The powerful don't make revolutions

And out in the wide wide world, the famous women we gazed upon never stopped reminding us that we must cherish that generic female future.

In the coming years, Irataba emerged — from the perspective of the federal government — as the leader and spokesperson not only of the Mohaves, but of all the Colorado River tribes.

in early 1854 Lt. Amiel Weeks Whipple was sent to map a route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Whipple was a thirty-seven-year-old West Point graduate from Massachusetts, known for his competence and conscientiousness

Traveling with more than a hundred men, from engineers, cartographers, and geologists to astronomers, meteorologists, and botanists, as well as soldiers and guides, Whipple trudged through present-day Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico, into what would become Arizona, on a path that vaguely foreshadowed today's Route 66. The group was guided along the way by Indians — Creeks, Shawnees, and Zunis. But it was the Mohaves who would lead Whipple on the final leg of the journey.2 On

Espaniole was most likely a kohota, or festival chief, who was responsible for receiving captives, planning dances, and overseeing celebrations.

Don't blindly follow any leader.

Man living alone can do as it pleases him; if he lives among others he must bow the head to the good of all. Without strong leaders to see this done, the people will fail, the nation will break up into small, defenseless bands.

Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.

Dr. King's leadership reaffirmed the promise of our democracy: that everyday people, working together, have the power to change our government and our institutions for the better.

It was as if Lucca was a beautiful kite and Willingham was flying her with an invisible string. Roche, the Ninety-fourth Engineer Detachment Commander, who oversaw about twenty-six dog handlers from the army, air force, and marines, had never seen a dog and handler so perfectly synchronized.

We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master.

Preventing war is the work of politicians, establishing peace is the work of educationists.

I've been very competitive by nature from a young age, whether it was eating a bowl of pasta faster than somebody else, or always wanting to be the first one in line.

you are the leader you've been looking for

I want to be the hero," she announced.

Think of yourself as an athlete. I guarantee you it will change the way you walk, the way you work, and the decisions you make about leadership, teamwork, and success.

Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it.

A lot of wisdom should go into choosing who to love you, and more to choose who to rule you…

Holding a majority in the decisions that impact people's lives, life, should mean that you hold a majority in wisdom, reason, soul.

The rich is not fit to rule, unless he is also rich in soul, in wisdom.