Quotes About Leadership

His supreme achievement in 1940 was to mobilize Britain's warriors, to shame into silence its doubters, and to stir the passions of the nation, so that for a season the British nation faced the world united and exalted. The "Dunkirk spirit" was not spontaneous. It was created by the rhetoric and bearing of one man, displaying powers that will define political political leadership for the rest of time.

Nimitz remarked that when he sent Spruance out with the fleet, "he was always sure286 he would bring it home; when he sent Halsey out, he did not know precisely what was going to happen." Halsey's boldness was in doubt seldom, his judgement and intellect often.

Stalin would ultimately prove the most successful warlord of the conflict, yet no more than Hitler

Churchill or Roosevelt was he qualified to direct vast military operations. Ignorant of the concept of defence in depth, he rejected strategic retreat.

Intelligent men found that among the hardest parts of war was the need to accept orders from stupid ones.

Germany's highest commander succumbed to a disease common among senior soldiers of many nationalities and eras: he wished to demonstrate to his government and people that their vastly expensive armed forces could fulfil their fantasies.

Machiavelli observed that 'wars begin when you will, but do not end when you please'.

All politicians find it hard to address with conviction more than one emergency at a time.

The egregious error committed by US statesmen and commanders was not that of lying to the world, but rather that of lying to themselves.

Guide – don't judge – when coaching

A President is best judged by the enemies he makes when he has really hit his stride.

Each one of us should lead a life stirring enough to start a movement.

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

To lead the orchestra, you have to turn your back on the crowd.

Once when the Packers had lost a game, a team meeting was held and Lombardi walked out with a football in his hand, and didn't say a word, simply scowling for five minutes, finally saying, sarcastically, "this, gentlemen, is a football!" From the back of the room came the voice of Max Magee, "could you take it a little slower, coach?" They said even Lombardi broke out laughing!

The priest persuades a humble people to endure their hard lot, a politician urges them to rebel against it, and a scientist thinks of a method that does away with the hard lot altogether.

The republic is nothing whatever but—absolute monarchy; for it makes no difference whether the monarch is called prince or people, both being a "majesty.

What kind of a man must one be if he is allowed to put his hand on the wheel of history?

Política como vocación). Los funcionarios con un alto sentido ético, tales como los que desgraciadamente han ocupado entre nosotros una y otra vez cargos directivos, son precisamente malos políticos, irresponsables en sentido político y por tanto desde este punto de vista, éticamente detestables.

But the person who can do this must be a leader; not only that, he must, in a very simple sense of the word, be a hero.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings" (Prov. xxii. 29).

Sólo quien está seguro de no quebrarse cuando, desde su punto de vista, el mundo se muestra demasiado estúpido o demasiado abyecto para lo que él le ofrece; sólo quien frente a todo esto es capaz de responder con un «sin embargo»; sólo un hombre de esta forma construido tiene «vocación» para la política.

Únicamente quien está seguro de no doblegarse cuando, desde su punto de vista, el mundo se muestra demasiado necio o demasiado abyecto para aquello que él está ofreciéndole; únicamente quien, ante todas estas adversidades, es capaz de oponer un "sin embargo"; únicamente un hombre constituido de esta manera podrá demostrar su "vocación para la política".

Remember, above all, that the key to any crisis situation is you.