Quotes on Leader

I had been looking for leaders, but I realized that leadership is about being the first to act.

As our country bled . . . its leader's wife came to this podium piously to call for a new human order, this when thousands of Filipinos were political prisoners.

Our children are the rock on which our future will be built, our greatest asset as a nation. They will be the leaders of our country, the creators of our national wealth, those who care for and protect our people.

Being captive to quarterly earnings isn't consistent with long-term value creation. This pressure and the short term focus of equity markets make it difficult for a public company to invest for long-term success, and tend to force company leaders to sacrifice long-term results to protect current earnings.

There also exists another alliance - at first glance a strange one, a surprising one - but if you think about it, in fact, one which is well grounded and easy to understand. This is the alliance between our Communist leaders and your capitalists. This alliance is not new. ... We observe continuous and steady support by the businessmen of the West of the Soviet Communist leaders.

A political leader is necessarily an imposter since he believes in solving life's problems without asking its question.

A friend of mine characterizes leaders simply like this: Leaders don't inflict pain. They bear pain.

There's nothing more demoralizing than a leader who can't clearly articulate why we're doing what we're doing.

Sex energy is the creative energy of all geniuses. There never has been, and never will be a great leader, builder or artist lacking in the driving force of sex.

If you can raise up leaders, you will always have followers, but if you can't raise up leaders, you will only have followers.

Without a terrific leader, you're not going to have a Great Group. But it is also true that you're not going to have a great leader without a Great Group.

I've never found an important decision made by a great organization that was made at a point of unanimity. Significant decisions carry risks and inevitably some will oppose it. In these settings, the great legislative leader must be artful in handling uncomfortable decisions, and this requires rigor.

It is a mindless philosophy that assumes that one's private beliefs have nothing to do with public office. Does it make sense to entrust those who are immoral in private with the power to determine the nation's moral issues and, indeed, its destiny? One of the most dangerous and terrifying trends in America today is the disregard for character as a central necessity in a leader's credentials. The duplicitous soul of a leader can only make a nation more sophisticated in evil.

The true leader must submerge himself in the fountain of the people.

A highly credible leader under-promises and over-delivers.

If you want to be a leader of people, you must learn to watch events.

...the best leaders are servant leaders - they serve those they lead.

Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.

Leadership is developed daily, not in a day.

People naturally follow leaders stronger than themselves.

Believing in people before they have proved themselves is the key to motivating people to reach their potential.