Famous Quotes & Sayings

Albert Einstein

The led must not be compelled; they must be able to choose their own leader.

Alfred P. Sloan

There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different.

Adolf Hitler

The German has not the slightest notion how a people must be misled if the adherence of the masses is sought.

Donald Rumsfeld

Presidential leadership needn't always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.

Donald Rumsfeld

In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal contacts and experiences help shape his thinking. They can be critical to his persuasiveness and thus to his leadership.

Donald Rumsfeld

Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.

Don Nickles

And the whole world, the whole world that believes in freedom, whether you're talking about personal freedom, economic freedom, religious freedom, they look to the United States for leadership; and you're part of that leadership.

Don Shula

Leadership implies movement toward something and convictions provide that direction.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

The one quality that can be developed by studious reflection and practice is the leadership of men.

Dick Pound

It's important not to look like a tool in front of your posse.

Desmond Tutu

I'm absolutely, utterly, and completely certain that God wouldn't be homophobic. I'd much rather go to hell - I really would much rather go to hell - than go to a homophobic heaven.

Anna Quindlen

The difference between government and leadership is that leadership has a soul.

Chuck Noll

On every team, there is a core group that sets the tone for everyone else. If the tone is positive, you have half the battle won. If it is negative, you are beaten before you ever walk on the field.

Chuck Tanner

There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third most important secret is patience.

E. P. Thompson

I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.

Douglas MacArthur

Never give an order that can't be obeyed.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

No easy problems ever come to the President of the United States. If they are easy to solve, someone else has solved them.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.

Douglas Adams

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people, not simply following the popular opinion of the moment.

Donna Shalala

Sometimes I'll trust my gut more than my head. Logical information might lead me in one direction and my feelings in another. Whereas I would have followed my head ten years ago, now I'm as likely or more likely to go with my gut feeling. It's ironic - you'd think the opposite would be true as you move to the top but it's not.

Corazon Aquino

The politicians think that I have not included enough of them; the nonpoliticians think that I have gone back to the old ways; and the mass public groups think I have forgotten them.

Colin Powell

It is the job of leaders to eliminate uncertainty.

Colin Powell

Trust is the essence of Leadership.

Colin Powell

Good leaders must know how to reward those who succeed and know when to retrain, move, or fire ineffective staff.

Colin Powell

The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.

Colin Powell

Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

Colin Powell

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.