Quotes About Leadership

Personal ambition and greed are essential to the success of a banking firm, but other qualities contribute to success, including teamwork, leadership, strong management, luck, a common tradition or culture.

Americans talked about voters the same way Russians talked about Stalin. They had to be obeyed.

This is amazing," Volodya said. "He's the President, yet he has to make excuses all the time for what he does!" "Something like that," Woody said. "We call it democracy.

there are no saints in politics, but imperfect people can make the world a better place.

Protestors can have a big impact, but in the end it's governments that reshape the world.

Talvez os selvagens nunca abandonem o poder - afirmou Philip com ar de desalento. - Talvez a cobiça nunca deixe de pesar mais nos conselhos dos poderosos que a sabedoria; talvez o medo nunca deixe de vencer a compaixão na mente dum homem com uma espada empunhada.

Never call a meeting until the outcome is a foregone conclusion.

A fool was just a fool, but a fool in the White House was the most dangerous person in the world.

Since Lenin died, every Soviet leader had been a liar. They had all glossed over what was wrong and declined to acknowledge reality. The most striking characteristic of Soviet leadership for the last sixty-five year was the refusal to face facts.(1075)

Everything is ultimately the Prime Minister's fault', said Lloyd. 'That's what it means to be the leader

Any man who needs to surround himself with loyal acolytes doesn't really believe in himself," he would say. "And if he doesn't believe in himself, why should I?

Ninguém está certo o tempo todo, mas, numa guerra, quando um líder se engana, pessoas morrem.

Blenkinsop sighed. As usual, those of you who can think of better ways to win the war are invited to write directly to Mr. Winston Churchill, number 10 Downing Street, London South-West-One. Now, are there any questions, as opposed to stupid criticisms?

The old men were still running the country. The politicians who had caused millions of deaths were now celebrating, as if they had done something wonderful.

Alemania estaba transformada. Hitler había erradicado el desempleo, algo que ningún otro dirigente europeo había conseguido hacer.

This was not a political party. It was an army.

Sergeant Grigori Peshkov. He was elected unopposed. Grigori was pleased. He knew what life was like for soldiers and workers, and he would bring the machine-oil smell of real life to the corridors of power. He would never forget his roots and put on a top hat. He would make sure that unrest led to improvements, not to random violence. Now he had a real chance to make a better life for Katerina and Vladimir.

A Woodrow Wilson no lo amedrentaba la guerra. Su obra de teatro favorita era Enrique V, de Shakespeare, y le gustaba la cita: Si es pecado codiciar el honor, soy el mayor de todos los pecadores.

How exciting to be at the center of power." "It is exciting, but strangely enough it doesn't feel like the center of power. In a democracy the president is subject to the voters." "But surely he doesn't just do what the public wants." "Not exactly, no. President Wilson says a leader must treat public opinion the way a sailor deals with the wind, using it to blow the ship in one direction or another, but never trying to go directly against it.

My father used to say: never call a meeting until the outcome is a foregone conclusion.

El presidente Wilson dice que un líder debe tratar a la opinión pública del mismo modo en que un marinero se aprovecha del viento, utilizándolo para impulsar la nave en una dirección u otra, pero nunca intentando ir directamente contra él.

Estas elecciones son demasiado importantes para que se decidan con un puñado de burlas.

It's our responsibility to make politics less rough—more honest, more rational, less violent. If we do not do that, we fail in our patriotic duty.

I've met the people who run Alabama. Believe me, they're not that smart.