Leader Quotes - Page 121

Effective leaders share two intertwined attributes: an unbridled level of confidence about where their organizations are headed, and the ability to bring people along.

The highest service we can perform for others is to help them help themselves.

The one thing that the President can do is to establish a real energy independence plan. We have all the resources we need right here in this country to establish energy independence if we had the leadership.

He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, President George Washington was second to none in humble and enduring scenes of private life. Pious, just, humane, temperate, and sincere; uniform, dignified, and commanding; his example was edifying to all around him as were the effects of that example everlasting.

A leader's responsibility is to cause a vision and mission to have tangible results in the real world.

A leader who confines his role to his people's experience dooms himself to stagnation; a leader who outstrips his people's experience runs the risk of not being understood.

We're going to march on Washington with a host of Republicans, Democrats, business leaders, legislators.

You must see yourself as guardian, somebody who will preserve what is true and pass it on. Be a guardian. We don't need militants or revolutionaries. We need guardians. We need leaders.

There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.

We need to take our passion and effect real change at the local, state, and federal levels, to help elect progressive leaders, and to stem the tide of division, fear and scapegoating.

Man wants to be the king o' the rabbits, he best wear a pair o' floppy ears.

Ruling is hard. This was maybe my answer to Tolkien, whom, as much as I admire him, I do quibble with. Lord of the Rings had a very medieval philosophy: that if the king was a good man, the land would prosper. We look at real history and it's not that simple... Real-life kings had real-life problems to deal with... My people who are trying to rule don't have an easy time of it. Just having good intentions doesn't make you a wise king.

Strong leaders are harassed, imprisoned or assassinated, which are great deterrents if you want to silence a firebrand and suppress a revolt.

A titled leader relies heavily on positional power to get things done; a natural leader is able to mobilize others without the whip of formal authority.

Leadership - mobilization toward a common goal.

When you focus on how people feel about what they are saying, you increase the level of true concern you have for others. You actually start to become the person you thought you were pretending to be: a true leader!

Party domination and State leadership are concepts incompatible with one another.

It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there.

A good leader can't get too far ahead of his followers.

How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?

Whoever is providing leadership needs to be as fresh and thoughtful and reflective as possible to make the very best fight.

As we celebrate the 100th birthday of Margaret Sanger, our outrageous and our courageous leader, we will probably find a number of areas in which we may find more about Margaret Sanger than we thought we wanted to know.

The essence of leadership is making up your own mind and then being able to take other people with you.

Public schools are where the next generation of leaders are educated and where cultural exchange will take place.