Quotes About Leadership

The captain doesn't think about death, or life, he thinks about saving his ship.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

One day's life of a lion is preferable to hundred years of a jackal.

If you don't have an idea that materializes and changes a person's life, then what have you got? You have talk, research, telephone calls, meetings, but you don't have a change in the community.

Those who still believe the Brahmins should take a serious note of the changing times and start leading an awakened life.

All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.

I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business.

A minister of state is excusable for the harm he does when the helm of government has forced his hand in a storm; but in the calm he is guilty of all the good he does not do.

The only way to motivate people is to live a motivated life in front of them

The great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct.

we are the ones we have been waiting for

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.

Our largest army in 1861 was that of the Potomac. It had been formed by the junction of the forces under General J. E. Johnston with those under General P. G. T. Beauregard, with such additions as could be hurriedly sent forward to meet the enemy on the field of Manassas.

The levy of so large an army could only mean war; but the power to declare war did not reside in the President—it was delegated to the Congress only.

It is a noteworthy fact that the three highest officers in rank, and whose fame stands unchallenged either for efficiency or zeal, were all so indifferent to any question of personal interest, that they had received their appointment before they were aware it was to be conferred. Each brought from the Army of the United States an enviable reputation, such as would have secured to him, had he chosen to remain in it, after the war commenced, any position his ambition could have coveted.

No man is above justice," George Mason preached at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. That sentiment still rings true, yet competes with the political reality offered by then-representative Gerald Ford, who quipped in 1970 that "an impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.

Leadership is the ability to articulate a vision and get others to carry it out.

success traits: "a good communicator," "a team builder," "energizes others," "has infectious enthusiasm," and "has fun doing it.

The worst moment of any campaign is waiting for the sun to rise on the morning of the battle

Las iglesias con frecuencia eligen a un nuevo pastor en base a su personalidad, apariencia, o carisma, y no en los requisitos bíblicos de piedad, doctrina, y su habilidad de manejar la Palabra de Dios.

Los pastores deben sacrificar sus aspiraciones personales de grandeza y deshacerse de todo deseo de convertirse en una celebridad cristiana y estar dispuesto (si es necesario) a ministrar en la oscuridad.

If pastors are not ready at all times to preach, they are neglecting one of their principle responsibilities. Pastors

According to 1 Corinthians 14:26-33, a worship service is not a free for all where individual Christians are free to do as they will.

Pastors are leaders, but they are to be a part of a plurality of elders that submit to each other and are held in check by the congregation. It is not wise for any one leader, apart from Christ Jesus, to be without accountability.