Quotes About Leadership

My government, you can be assured, will be less focused on personalities. It is about treating people with respect. I think complaining about the community not being able to see the wisdom of our ideas is the wrong approach.

c'est moi"—"the state is myself

A king had to die so a republic could live.

Does the world not recognize that we are destined to be a great power?

Lincoln dumped his bland second-in-command, Hannibal Hamlin, for Johnson

Human beings are not "resources"to be owned by some one.That would be slavery.Human beings do possess resources.We called those "Humantalents".One human being cannot manage another human being.We can only manage their unique talents to make this world a better place for every one

I'm a Guild Boss, remember? I have no sense of humor.

We are all being called to help usher in a new way of being for humanity. We are called not only for ourselves but to inspire these changes in others.

I'm hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn every day, to get brighter and brighter. That's what this world is about. You look at someone like Gandhi, and he glowed. Martin Luther King glowed. Muhammad Ali glows. I think that's from being bright all the time, and trying to be brighter.

Growing up, politics never trickled down to the areas we come from. But people from Obama's camp, and Obama himself, reached out to me and asked for my help on the campaign. We've sat and had dinner, and we've spoken on the phone. He's a very sharp guy. Very charming. Very cool.

In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection of exercising power, we need scholars to spare us the abjection of learning.

The combination of royal, aristocratic, and democratic power makes only a democracy.

He needs to respect you and know you mean business, but it's not your business to be mean.

was the first woman from the United States to meet the Queen of England.

No hay nada más bello que un hombre cuando avanza. El soldado que sale de las filas y declara que él es voluntario. El torero que sale del burladero, despide a sus peones y despliega su capa... Todo se resquebraja en el corazón de los otros hombres cuando uno de ellos avanza dos pasos, se separa del grupo y forja, así, en derredor suyo, la infranqueable barrera del respeto

We should keep silent about those in power to speak well of them almost implies flattery to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.

Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.

The opinion of the strongest is always the best.

Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.

By becoming emperor, I would once more put myself above my state.

Toate regimurile li se par bune, în afara celor care au c?zut. ?i le plac revolu?iile când ei sunt cei care le fac.

He lifted himself from a wheelchair to lift the nation from its knees.

Eisenhower on Patton: "Fundamentally, he is so avid for recognition as a great commander that he won't with ruthlessly suppress any habit that will jeopardize it.

if George Washington founded the nation, John Marshall defined it.