Quotes About Leadership

We somehow have the idea that a person called to the ministry is called to be different and above other people. But according to Jesus Christ, he is called to be a 'doormat' for others--called to be their spiritual leader, but never their superior.

Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint. Proverbs 29:18 (rv)

The real test of the saint is not preaching the gospel, but washing disciples' feet, that is, doing the things that do not count in the actual estimate of men, but count everything in the estimate of God. Paul

It is one thing to follow God's way of service if you are regarded as a hero, but quite another thing if the road marked out for you by God requires becoming a 'doormat' under other people's feet.

The Inspiration of Spiritual Initiative

To have a master and teacher is not the same thing as being mastered and taught.

Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the One who is leading.

Great men of action ... never mind on occasion being ridiculous in a sense it is part of their job, and at times they all are. A prophet or an achiever must never mind an occasional absurdity, it is an occupational risk.

Woe to the statesman who does not seek in these times a case for war that still holds up after the war is over.

Politics is an inexact science.

An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

Politics is not an exact science.

Politics is the art of the next best.

Politics ruins the character.

Let us put Germany in the saddle, so to speak—it already knows how to ride.

The great questions of the time are not decided by speeches and majority decisions—that was the error of 1848 and 1849—but by iron and blood.

A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.

Show me an objective worthy of war and I will go along with you.

A really great man is known by three signs... generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.

Officially, we didn't have a band leader. Unofficially, we all knew it was Tony [Iommi].

Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy the whores are us.

In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.