Quotes About Leadership

Almost every thing, especially of governmental policy, is an inseparable compound of the two [good and evil].

Our leaders will serve the common good with better laws and better actions only when we serve it first, by casting better votes.

Politicians are good listeners. Because if they're not, they aren't politicians for very long.

Responding to the question "If Mr. Stalin dies, what will be the effect on international affairs?" That is a good question for you to ask, not a wise question for me to answer.

If the critics are right that I've made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at reading them.

I think we did a really good job in saving this economy and putting us back on the track of growth.

What I've said to [my team] is, "Look, we ran our leg of the race and we did a darn good job."

I have been blessed by having, and I admittedly am biased, some of the smartest, hardest-working, and good people in my administration that I think any president has ever had.

George Mitchell was a very good leader, and we were more than satisfied with his leadership. And I know the guys were jealous.

People had so much respect for George Mitchell. They wanted to cooperate with him. I think that's a hallmark of a very good leader.

If it is not profitable for the common good that authority should be retained, it ought to be relinquished.

We say in a democracy that good ideas will drive out bad ones, so if the good ones aren't there, we're left with the bad ones

A good king is a public servant.

One of the great things about having good players in your band is that you just ask them questions. You can pick up some good information that way.

A good day for Barack Obama is anytime the dominant topic of discussion is anything but the economy.

I've been beat up pretty badly. Pretty badly. Yet at the end of the day, everyone says I'm doing a pretty good job.

Where is the Marco Rubio bump everyone was promised? And it doesn't look very good.

If I can't negotiate something that gets more than four Republicans, I'm not a very good representative of my party.

Arnold Rampersad is a really good person. A really good person. As a matter of fact, he came to Stanford when I was Provost.

It takes very little to govern good people. Very little. And bad people cant be governed at all. Or if they could I never heard of it.

I was a very, very good congressman.

I leave it up to the government to make good decisions for Americans.

Anybody can be good when things are going good, but a real player steps up when things are going bad.

The greatest gift we can give another is the gift of a good example.