Quotes about Leadership

an entrepreneur's ability to find strength when others want to run, hide, quit, or blame someone else for their failures.

how true it is that the rulers of this world are seldom friendly to the cause of God.

the parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand and pulling down with the other.

Herod was afraid of what his guests would think of him: so he did that which made him "greatly distressed," he beheaded John the Baptist. Pilate feared offending the Jews: so he did that which he knew in his conscience was unjust--he delivered up Jesus to be crucified. If this is not slavery, what is?

Do you want to speak to the man in charge—or the nurse who knows what's going on?

And when Mother Teresa was asked why she didn't participate in anti-war demonstrations, she said, "I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there." These great leaders knew that to be against something—to focus on your opposition to it—just creates more of it.

Fellow citizens! God reigns, and the Government at Washington still lives!

Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it.

The men who succeed best in public life are those who take the risk of standing by their own convictions.

Man is always the master, even in his weaker and most abandoned state; but in his weakness and degradation he is the foolish master who misgoverns his household.

A nation will not be moved by timid methods.

I'm tired. I'm tired of feeling rejected by the American people. I'm tired of waking up in the middle of the night worrying about the war.