Leader Quotes - Page 63

Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.

You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.

One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.

A leader will find it difficult to articulate a coherent vision unless it expresses his core values, his basic identity...one must first embark on the formidable journey of self-discovery in order to create a vision with authentic soul.

I think Mr. Clarke had a tendency to interfere too much with the activities of the CIA, and our leadership at the senior level let him interfere too much. So criticism from him I kind of wear as a badge of honor.

Leaders have the privilege and responsibility of going first. The most powerful way that anybody can lead is by example.

Make sure you are passionate about the vision.

A leader is someone who demonstrates what's possible.

Comrade Deng Xiaoping - along with other party elders - gave the party leadership their firm and full support to put down the political disturbance using forceful measures.

Politics is about power. It is about the power of the state. It is about the power of the state as applied to individuals, the society in which they live and the economy in which they work. Most critically, our responsibility in this parliament is how that power is used: whether it is used for the benefit of the few or the many.

When Jesus Christ forgives you of sin, He never brings it back up.

Perhaps the most promising trend in our thinking about leadership is the growing conviction that the purposes of the group are best served when the leader helps followers develop their own initiative, strengthens them in the use of their own judgment, enables them to grow, and to become better contributors.

Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.

Remember that our nation's first great leaders were also our first great scholars.

Pride deafens us to the advice or warnings of those around us.

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

What we say in private we must be willing to say with a heart burning with love and honor before the face of our leaders. If not, we will poison our spirits and it will manifest in the presence of our leaders.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

I also know that there have been many times in our history when the proximity of an election has induced exactly the kind of leadership and consensus-building that produce progress in our democracy.

If you apply conservative principles and you stick with it, and you have the leadership skills to bring people toward the cause, you can move the needle on these things, i reject the notion that we can't solve problems, that the gridlock is too enormous to forge consensus. It requires some creativity to get to a win for everybody.

If you have a different mindset, you will have a different outcome: if you make different choices from your peers, your life will then be different from your peers.

If a woman is sufficiently ambitious, determined and gifted, there is practically nothing she can't do.

A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.

A man who is influenced by the polls or is afraid to make decisions which make him unpopular is not a man to represent the welfare of the country.

A leader is the man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do, and like it.