Quotes About Leadership

Presidents do not go off on leave without telling the country.

I head a nation of a million presidents.

You've all seen over the last eight years what President Obama means to this country. He is the embodiment of honor, resolve, and character - one of the finest presidents we have ever had.

In every era going back to Lincoln with Frederick Douglass, presidents talk to those that were leading at that time.

All presidents get frustrated with Congress.

Elected presidents are for countries.

The U.S. needs to do more than change presidents. It needs to change its political culture.

Presidents are nice people. They're nice, fun-loving people who have great jobs.

I don't find any presidents all that sexy. They're not very rock'n'roll.

We see more and more of our Presidents and know less and less about what they do.

The greatest presidents have been those who demonstrated astute judgment in times of crisis - often despite the advice they were getting.

Do you notice that all presidents have a dog? There is always a First Dog. Or two or three. You have to have a dog to be president, I guess.

US presidents can make all the commitments and declarations they want until they are blue in the face, in the Muslim world they will always be perceived as partisan.

I deal with guys in their 20s and early 30s who are presidents of companies, who are movie directors.

I have worked with Presidents since Eisenhower. We serve together.

I think George Bush is one of the most duplicitous presidents we've ever had.

It is a long revisionist road up from the bottom for George W. Bush. He is ranked toward the bottom rung of presidents.

Of course, presidents are always blamed or rewarded for the state of the economy.

Great presidents, and even those not so great, never complained about the hands they were dealt. Just the opposite. They assumed they were in the big chair to meet big challenges, no matter how difficult.

If you look at where presidents come from, they're former governors or senators.

I think a lot of presidents learn to be president by being president.

Presidents should do whatever possible and practical to encourage an environment of cooperation and bipartisanship. And they should maintain a certain level of decorum, diplomacy and decency. But, at the end of the day, presidents get elected to enact change.

Since 1775, when the first Continental Congress called for a national day of prayer, there have been such events called for by almost every President. I saw the figures - 34 out of 44 Presidents have called for a national day of prayer. Some of those who didn't have died in office.

Great presidents don't just fight good fights - they win them.