Leadership Quotes

To lead means to direct and to exact and no man dares do either - he might be unpopular. What authority we are given now is a trinity: the grin the generality and God (the Word).

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers from which they dare not dismount.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

Where there are no tigers a wildcat is very self-important.

'Ah John A. John A. how I love you! How I wish I could trust you!

Winston Churchill - fifty per cent genius fifty per cent bloody fool.

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.

In Pierre Elliott Trudeau Canada has at last produced a political leader worthy of assassination.

An army of stags led by a lion would be better than an army of lions led by a stag.

One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.

Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves.

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

We do need an attitude of leadership in our government which demonstrates faith in major population centres outside of Perth.

Maintaining a positive working relationship with Mexico's leadership will also be crucial to increasing communication and trade. I plan to personally maintain those relationships.

Leadership is one of sports' intangibles. Guys can score, guys can fight, guys can skate faster than anybody else. But not everybody can say, 'Follow me.'

I got put into leadership roles very early in life from fifth grade, sixth grade. I always ended up being the quarterback or the leader of the sports teams, and it's kind of benefiting me now.

The idea that computers can ever replace teachers and schools reveals a deep lack of understanding about the role leadership plays in student success.

True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.

I think leadership is more than just being able to cross the t's and dot the i's. It's about character and integrity and work ethic.

All the leadership positions that I have had have one common denominator: none has required that I give up my science work.

We the people have the strength to bring our country from our weak-kneed stumbling gait in the last ranks of reason to the leadership of the great march to environmental victory.

I am deeply honored by the trust the board has placed in me to lead Duke Energy. I have a high degree of confidence in the strength of our company's leadership and dedicated employees.

Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Father of the Republic, made it his great aim in his revolutionary leadership to secure freedom and equality of status for China among the nations of the world.

The government, under my leadership, will act to implement the rule of law and to maintain the independence of the judicial system, which is one of the pillars of maintaining a democratic system.

The Labor party under my leadership is working to bring the Israeli people together from all nationalities in the spirit of the scroll of independence.

Dr. King's leadership reaffirmed the promise of our democracy: that everyday people, working together, have the power to change our government and our institutions for the better.

I understand from experience that unity is easy to call for, but it takes the right kind of leadership to achieve.