Quotes about Leadership
The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
Professional politicians like to talk about the value of experience in government. Nuts! The only experience you gain in politics is how to be political.
— Ronald Reagan
In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics.
— John F. Kennedy
Be a politician; no training necessary.
— Will Rogers
I've been in politics long enough to know that polls just go poof at times.
— George W. Bush
If the way to do good to my country were to render myself popular, I could easily do it. But extravagant popularity is not the road to public advantage.
— John Adams
We're not disinterested in politics. It's just that politicians are disinteresting.
— John Lennon
If pro is the opposite of con, what is the opposite of Congress?
— Will Rogers
Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means we choose between two bodies of real, though not avowed, autocrats. We choose between Tweedledum and Tweedledee...
— Helen Keller
He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
— John Milton
The price of LEADERSHIP is RESPONSIBILITY....and part of that responsibility is to STAY POSITIVE whether you feel like it or not.
— Lou Holtz
We have to have positive male role models.
— Donald Miller