Famous Quotes & Sayings

Norman Schwarzkopf

I have seen competent leaders who stood in front of a platoon and all they saw was a platoon. But great leaders stand in front of a platoon and see it as 44 individuals, each of whom has aspirations, each of who wants to live, each of whom wants to do good.

Norman Schwarzkopf

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

To be omnipotent but friendless is to reign.

Mary McGrory

And the propensity of weak and empty people to follow a leader into the darkness from which there is no return is still flourishing, as ever.

Mary Douglas

Enclave life becomes very tense, Even when they do elect a leader, the factions remain, with the threat of splitting off.

Mary Douglas

Behind a leader there must be followers, but they should always be on the lookout for the main chance and ready to change sides if the current leader doesn't deliver.

Martina Navratilova

I am not looking for perfection. I look for the best in me.

Pope John Paul II

A good leader sees everything, overlooks a great deal, and corrects a little.

Pope John Paul II

You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are serving the Gospel through an exaggerated interest in the wide field of temporal problems.

Pierre de Coubertin

In the name of all competitors, I promise that we will take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by all the rules which govern them in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honour of our teams.

Phillip Adams

Let the massacres remind us to turn down our political volume and venom.

Phillip Adams

While sticks and stones break bones, words can never hurt? Manifestly untrue. Politics everywhere are holistic, interconnected, and the rhetoric of right or left can produce toxic atmospheres in which lunacy thrives.

Phillip Adams

Today, words. Tomorrow, sticks and stones. And the day after that?

Philippe Petit

It's impossible, that's for sure. So let's start working.

Pope Francis

Leaders of the Church have often been Narcissus, flattered and sickeningly excited by their courtiers. The court is the leprosy of the papacy.

Pope Francis

The first reform must be the attitude. The ministers of the Gospel must be people who can warm the hearts of the people, who walk through the dark night with them, who know how to dialogue and to descend themselves into their people's night, into the darkness, but without getting lost. The people of God want pastors, not clergy acting like bureaucrats or government officials.

Pope Francis

Politics is noble; it is one of the highest forms of charity, as Paul VI used to say. We sully it when we mix it with business. The relationship between the Church and political power can also be corrupted if common good is not the only converging point.

Phil McGraw

Leaders inspire. They aren't assigned leadership. They command it.

Pete Seeger

Be wary of great leaders.

Pete Seeger

Hope that there are many, many small leaders.

Pete du Pont

Franklin Roosevelt was a great leader. He saw how to use the levers of power to affect change.

Pete du Pont

There's a very big gulf between the black civil rights leadership in America and the black middle class in America. The black middle class are conservative. Many of those minorities can be persuaded to be members of the Republican Party.

Simon Mainwaring

Many corporate leaders and employees have the right intentions, but it can be overwhelming when you consider how everything is affected from leadership styles, to organizational structure, to employee engagement, to customer service an marketplace.

Rick Riordan

Ma’at demands a leader.” “Yeah so I’ve heard.

Rick Riordan

A general never shows despair. He instills confidence in his troops. He leads them forward, even into the mouth of death.

Richard Branson

I may be a businessman in that I set up and run companies for profit, but when I try to plan ahead and dream up new products and new companies, I'm an idealist.

Richard Branson

You shouldn’t blindly accept a leader’s advice. You’ve got to question leaders on occasion.

Richard Branson

Create the kind of workplace and company culture that will attract great talent. If you hire brilliant people, they will make work feel more like play.

Richard Branson

If you look after your staff, they'll look after your customers. It's that simple.

Richard Branson

To be a great leader, you must be a great listener

Richard Branson

It isn't effective or productive to force your employees to do anything. Choice empowers people and makes for a more content workforce.

Richard Branson

Lead by listening - to be a good leader you have to be a great listener.

Richard Branson

Innovation happens when people are given the freedom to ask questions and the resources and power to find the answers.