Quotes About Leadership

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor carth two masters.

The government is best which makes itself unnecessary.

Be Peter the Great, Ivan the Terrible, Emperor Paul–crush them all under you . . . be the Master, & all will bow down to you.

Eh! Je suis leur chef, il fallait bien les suivre. (Ah well! I am their leader, I really ought to follow them.)

There go my people. I must find out where they are going so I can lead them.

The three branches of government are the Presidency, the House, and the Senate.

The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform

If I were asked… to what the singular prosperity and growing strength of that people [the Americans] ought mainly to be attributed, I should reply: To the superiority of their women.

Experience teaches that the most dangerous moment for a bad government is usually when it begins to reform itself.

Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.

There are two things which will always be very difficult for a democratic nation: to start a war and to end it.

I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run.

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.

It is indeed difficult to imagine how men who have entirely renounced the habit of managing their own affairs could be successful in choosing those who ought to lead them. It is impossible to believe that a liberal, energetic, and wise government can ever emerge from the ballots of a nation of servants.

There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to begin a war and to end it.

The public sector certainly includes the Department of Labor. Those are jobs that are available. They are open and they are good paying jobs. The government as a whole has been actually retrenching under President Clinton's leadership.

I am His sheep and he is my shepperd. I roamed and he let me. Then he called me. And he led me.

The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies.

When a man is out of politics, let him stay out.

Growing in resilience is the first important step in preparing for the issues you will face as a leader. Resilience will help you refine your calling as a leader and sustain leadership excellence.

Leaders are like trees. They need the winds of adversity and the pressure and challenge presented by crisis to sharpen their leadership skills. Our stormy times and even failures can strengthen our inner beings and cause us to fully mature and thrive.

Unexpected adversity is often painful yet crucial to the later success of a leader.

A resilient leader bounces back from adversity better than he was before.

As a leader, you must choose wisely with whom you will socialize. Friendship with a subordinate or congregant can be a blessing or a trap fraught with dangers.