Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nelson Mandela

Appearances matter — and remember to smile.

Nelson Mandela

Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.

Nelson Mandela

What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.

Nelson Mandela

I like a leader who can, while pointing out a mistake, bring up the good things the other person has done. If you do that, then the person sees that you have a complete picture of him. There is nobody more dangerous than one who has been humiliated, even when you humiliate him rightly.

Nelson Mandela

A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.

Nelson Mandela

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

Mike Huckabee

A 100 years from now the consequences for standing for Jesus will be greater than the consequences of not standing for Jesus today.

Mike Huckabee

I want to be around people smart enough to know God created the heavens and the earth.

Mike Huckabee

There is a difference between people who are educated and people who are smart.

Mike Huckabee

I'm not ashamed of the things I believe and why I believe them.

Mike Huckabee

We have something more reliable than a poll that changes everyday.

Mike Huckabee

There's a lot of us who do not accept the culture of the bubbles.

Mike Huckabee

America's cultural table is set by the people living in the three bubbles - New York Washington D.C. and Hollywood.

Mike Huckabee

This room is a testimony that there are men who want to be a man for God and a man of God.

Mike Huckabee

Leadership is about making decisions with the information you have, not the information people will have 12 years later, i kind of feel sorry for my friend Jeb Bush.

Mike Huckabee

A leader is the one who can outline the broad vision and the direction, and say here's where we are going to go, here's why we need to go there, and here's how we are going to get there. A manager is the one who actually gets up under the hood and tunes the carburetor.

Niccolo Machiavelli

There is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage than the creation of a new order of things..... Whenever his enemies have occasion to attack the innovator they do so with the passion of partisans, while the others defend him sluggishly so that the innovator and his party alike are vulnerable.

Newt Gingrich

Lions cannot afford to hunt mice because they literally will starve to death, even if they catch them. Lions and all large carnivores have to hunt game large enough to justify the investment, so they have to hunt antelope and zebra. Why is this important? Because most senior executives are really big on chipmunks.

Newt Gingrich

What is the primary purpose of a political leader? To build a majority. If voters care about parking lots, then talk about parking lots.

Newt Gingrich

The Congressional Budget Office is a reactionary socialist institution which does not believe in economic growth, does not believe in innovation, and does not believe in data that it has not internally generated.

Newt Gingrich

I'm not a natural leader. I'm too intellectual; I'm too abstract; I think too much.

Nhat Hanh

By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease the suffering of another person.

Noam Chomsky

It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies.

Noam Chomsky

Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, it’s unlikely you will step up and take responsibility for making it so. If you assume that there’s no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. If you assume that there is an instinct for freedom, there are opportunities to change things, there’s a chance you may contribute to making a better world. The choice is yours.

Hubert H. Humphrey

Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.

Howard Schultz

The hardest thing about being a leader is demonstrating or showing vulnerability. And that has a lot to do with trust.

Honore de Balzac

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.

Sathya Baba

For, the path of love is the royal road that leads mankind to Me.

Ivan Illich

Leadership does not depend on being right.

Husain Haqqani

Three American presidents-Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson-have asked the question: What do we get from aiding Pakistan? Five-Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama-have wondered aloud whether Pakistan's leaders can be trusted to keep their word.

Ken Blanchard

As a leader, the most important earthly relationship you can cultivate is your relationship with yourself.

Ken Blanchard

All leaders are permanent learners.

Ken Blanchard

In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people... they no longer can lead solely based on positional power.