Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Kristol

Shouldn't Democrats insist that Sen. Durbin step down as their whip, the number two man in their leadership?

William Kristol

In any case, decisions on troop levels in the American system of government are not made by any general or set of generals but by the civilian leadership of the war effort.

William J. H. Boetcker

It is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right.

William J. H. Boetcker

If you wish to succeed in managing and controlling others - learn to manage and control yourself.

William J. H. Boetcker

You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.

Woody Hayes

We control by attitudes-positive mental attitudes-not by rules.

Woody Hayes

When you're winning - you don't need any friends. When you're losing - you don't have any friends anyway.

Woodrow Wilson

If you would be a leader of men you must lead your own generation, not the next. Your playing must be good now, while the play ison the boards and the audience in the seats.... It will not get you the repute of a good actor to have excellencies discovered in you afterwards.

Woodrow Wilson

Your real statesman is first of all, and chief of all, a great human being, with an eye for all the great fields on which men likehimself struggle, with unflagging, pathetic hope, toward better things.... He is a guide, a counselor, a mentor, a servant, a friend of mankind.

Woodrow Wilson

Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise. Once and again one of those great influences which we call a Cause arises in the midst of a nation. Men of strenuous minds and high ideals come forward.... The attacks they sustain are more cruel than the collision of arms.... Friends desert and despise them.... They stand alone and oftentimes are made bitter by their isolation.... They are doing nothing less than defy public opinion, and shall they convert it by blows. Yes.

Woodrow Wilson

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.

Woodrow Wilson

It's harder for a leader to be born in a palace than to be born in a cabin.

Woodrow Wilson

Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.

Woodrow Wilson

The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.

William McKinley

Half-heartedness never won a battle.

William J. Clinton

[Hillary Clinton] isinsatiably curious, she's a natural leader, she's a good organiser, and she's the best darn change maker I ever met in my entire life. This is a really important point for you to take out of this convention.

William James

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

William James

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.

Sarah Palin

We need leaders who will stand up for the little guy and listen once again.

Samuel Pepys

But me thought it lessened my esteem of a king, that he should not be able to command the rain.

Samuel Smiles

The great leader attracts to himself men of kindred character, drawing them towards him as the loadstone draws iron.

William Feather

A good man likes a hard boss. I don't mean a nagging boss or a grouchy boss. I mean a boss who insists on things being done right and on time; a boss who is watching things closely enough so that he knows a good job from a poor one. Nothing is more discouraging to a good man than a boss who is not on the job, and who does not know whether things are going well or badly.

Warren G

Silence - not dissent - is the one answer that leaders should refuse to accept.

Warren G. Bennis

People who know what they want and why they want it, and have the skills to communicate that to others in a way that gains support

Warren G. Bennis

It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from followers.

Warren G. Bennis

The first job of a leader is to define a vision for the organization...the capacity to translate vision into reality.

Warren G. Bennis

Around the world, the generals are being ousted, and the poets are taking charge.

Warren G. Bennis

The ability to plan for what has not yet happened, for a future that has only been imagined, is one of the hallmarks of leadership.

Warren G. Bennis

Coaching will become the model for leaders in the future... I am certain that leadership can be learned and that terrific coaches... facilitate learning.

Warren G. Bennis

I'd always rather err on the side of openness. But there's a difference between optimum and maximum openness, and fixing that boundary is a judgment call. The art of leadership is knowing how much information you're going to pass on - to keep people motivated and to be as honest, as upfront, as you can. But, boy, there really are limits to that.

Warren G. Bennis

Leaders are people who believe so passionately that they can seduce other people into sharing their dream.

Warren G. Bennis

I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more like jazz. There is more improvisation.

Warren G. Bennis

That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.