Leadership Quotes

Persuasion is a strong but subdued outrider.

I am not a leader but a pathfinder and a motivator.

The whole people contracts the habits and tastes of the magistrate.

King die hard, in Shakespeare and in life.

Governing is not a hero's profession. It is a profession of compromises.

Jack had an actor's control." Chuck Spalding

Jousting with an obvious hoodlum couldn't hurt.

Integrity is the ultimate foundation of leadership.

When you get to the junction of double mindedness in purposefulness, remember the will of God.

An anti-politician is hardly an anti-politician once he starts winning and works to close the deal by working to sew up the Establishment.

He talks to people's grievances, but he doesn't seem mad. – Elizabeth Drew

The political mind is the product of men in public life who have been twice spoiled. They have been spoiled with praise and they have been spoiled with abuse. – Calvin Coolidge

Once Trump got his hands around this promising idea, he basically strangled it.

Delay is as dangerous as the wrong answer.

You can't lead if no one will follow.

It doesn't follow that the riots mean permanent hostility toward him.

My son will wear the title well, the Duke thought, and realized with a sudden chill that this was another death thought.

The politics of the possible was being replaced by the politics of purity.

His was a quiet but persistent charisma.

He understood the code of his social class enough to affect an air of indifference about life.

I can see that spark coming back when he talks about the future.

He made his character his platform.

Such was the code: Strive for victory, but never seem to be self-involved.

You can’t be a great leader if your heart is not filled with greatness.

If you have a great vision and are ready for a passionate mission, they you are a leader.

Comfort leads to complacency, and complacency kills. For this reason, I believe that we all should be a little uncoomfortable in our jobs.

You are a good leader when your actions inspire others to do good for themselves and for others.

A true leader leads his people from the front and if he falls into a pit the people will surely not follow.

He communicates authenticity to an electorate ravenous for it.

Initial uniformity can be deceiving, warns the author, because parties arrive at that state from so many different motives which will be exposed over time.

In all things... .strive for perfection - settle for excellence

Now even reformers needed political machines.

Leaders don't pray to God to fill their potholes. They ask God for shovels so they can do it by His grace. Pray practically.

The main way people waste time is by complaining of their past wasted time. Leaders respond even if it seems to be late.

To leaders, one trusted friend is better than ten well known betrayers

What differentiates victors and victims are visions and vigor. Victims won't get the vim to step out of their situations.

Inferior and Superior life lives in the interior of a person.

Leaders don't define wealth by material things they see. They define wealth by the visions they imagine and actions they take.

He uses the nice old words so rich in tradition to be sure I know he means it.

There are proven ways to win the loyalty of tough, strong, ferocious men: play on the certain knowledge of their superiority, the mystique of secret covenant, the esprit of shared suffering.

Clarity repositions you to quit nice activities that take you nowhere in order to pursue risky tasks that take you somewhere.

Leaders get to tall heights by taking short steps. Being faithful, diligent and consistent with little steps is the secret to mounting greater heights.

Leaders with high esteem are high performers.

Leaders let go of what they can't control. It's a matter of knowing the power of the muscles and bones in your neck so you can go for what it can carry

Leaders should know how fast time runs and how faster they can beat it. Poor leaders run slowly till time overtakes them.

Leaders take actions. Attacking your plans with blows of actions will not cost you painful but temporal bruises. Never leave goals untouched.

Achievements take leaders' name everywhere. Character keeps those names wherever they reach. A leader with no trust soon fades no matter how far he goes.

Leaders don't cheat

Those who see poverty looking for human slaves to capture, will tell you they saw him holding the handcuffs of laziness.

Leaders reject free opportunities they don't need, so that they can have time to create the expensive opportunities they need.