Quotes About Leaders

It's no accident that most of the great black spokespersons and leaders understood the centrality of self-affirmation, self-respect and self-love.

I have respect for leaders who defend the interests of their countries. Angela Merkel policies are positive for Germany, but they are unfortunately harmful for all other countries.

I love the Mexican people; I respect the Mexican leaders - but the leaders are much sharper, smarter and more cunning than our [American] leaders.

I grew up in Ireland, so I do not have a lot of respect for most politicians.

even rational leaders frequently end up doing very stupid things.

from publicly available documents. But now it is also evident that when the mists of leaks, rumors, and denials are pierced, if not the public, then the world's leaders have been aware for some time first, that there is one more planet in our Solar System and second, that we are not alone.

When in all the nations of the world the rule of law is the darling of the leaders and the plague of the people, we ought to begin to recognize this.

there was a dramatic coup d'état against the moderate Girondins at the National Convention. Twenty-nine leading Girondists were arrested on June 2 and many were subsequently guillotined.

You'll find that Loyalty is always reciprocated in life, and unquestioned loyalty often earns tremendous respect. There is something fundamentally important missing in your life, if you don't feel any loyalty towards your family, friends, teachers, leaders, employees and employers. And there is definitely something wrong in your character, in my view, if you don't have loyalty towards your nation.

I started young but at every turn, listening provided a foundation for my leadership. I can say categorically that all the really excellent leaders I have known were, in my view, excellent listeners.

President Trump is bringing a very candid - and direct type of leadership to the White House. And in conversations with leaders around the world, frankly, I think they all find it very refreshing.

God uses broken-hearted leaders.

The future is taking shape now in our own beliefs and in the courage of our leaders. Ideas and leadership - not natural or social "forces" - are the prime movers in human affairs.

Professional intellectuals are the voice of a culture and are, therefore, its leaders, its integrators and its bodyguards.

Leaders' careers will usually be determined by their handling of one or two critical events that no one could possibly anticipate or plan for.

Any leaders who disappoint the people, ideals and promises by which they were appointed are by definition themselves dis-appointed.

Influencers are dreamers. They are leaders with a vision.

Christ manifests his divine leadership in your sincere followership. Christ's followers become true leaders because Christ is the model of true leadership.

Managers are people who know what they want.Leaders are people who get what they want.

Commerce tends toward rewarding inclusion, broadness, and liberality. Tribal loyalties, ethnic and religious bigotries, and irrational prejudices are bad for business. The merchant class has been conventionally distrusted by tribalist leaders -- from the ancient to the modern world -- precisely because merchantcraft tends to break down barriers between groups.

The best people I know are constantly learning, putting themselves humbly under the leadership of others who've gone before them. This is no indicator of weakness but rather healthy ambition. That woman is unafraid of a challenge and cares enough about her own development to ask for help and secure the outcome she wants. Learners become our most effective leaders.

A lot of the powerful religious leaders, from Jesus to Buddha to Tibetan monks, they're really talking about the same things: love and acceptable, and the value of friendship, and respecting yourself so you can respect others.

Because they failed to come to grips with the plantation itself, the leaders of Presidential Reconstruction lacked a coherent vision of Southern progress.

A key insight from this work was that psychological safety is not a personality difference but rather a feature of the workplace that leaders can and must help create.