Quotes about Leadership

It takes no courage to say or do what's popular.

For the sake of our security, our economy and our planet, we must have the courage and commitment to change.

In order to soar like an eagle one has to be bold like a lion.

I had watched Dad climb into the biggest arena and succeed. I wanted to find out if I had what it took to join him.

Authority forgets a dying king.

Jesus gave us a model for the work of the church at the Last Supper. While his disciples kept proposing more organization ? Hey, let's elect officers, establish hierarchy, set standards of professionalism ? Jesus quietly picked up a towel and basin of water and began to wash their feet.

What a nation needs more than anything else is not a Christian ruler in the palace but a Christian prophet within earshot.

Today, each time an election rolls around Christians debate whether this or that candidate is "God's man" for the White House. Projecting myself back into Jesus' time, I had difficulty imagining him pondering whether Tiberius, Octavius, or Julius Caesar was "God's man" for the empire.

the Bible gives no direct advice for citizens of a democracy. Paul and Peter urged their readers to submit to authorities and honor the king, but in a democracy we the citizens are the "king.

President Bill Clinton tried to make that distinction. As a Christian, he said, he sought guidance on moral issues from the Bible. As president of the United States, though, he could not automatically propose that everything immoral should therefore be made illegal.

It is difficult, if not impossible, to communicate the message of grace from the corridors of power.

Jesus did not mix his spirituality with politics.