Quotes about Leadership

The controlled person is a powerful person. He who always keeps his head will get ahead.

Once when Stonewall Jackson planned a daring attack, one of his generals fearfully objected, saying, "I am afraid of this" or "I fear that …" Putting his hand on his timorous subordinate's shoulder, Jackson said, "General, never take counsel of your fears.

Our chief want in life is someone who shall make us do what we can.

A good many of our higher-bracket businessmen might have been just as rich, just as powerful, but more respected and infinitely happier, if they had taken the slower and longer road of absolute ethical integrity and moral decency.

What you wish can only be accomplished by changing one person at a time.

Become the change you want to see—those are words I live by. Instead of belittling, uplift.

you are the single biggest influence in your life.

When God anoints a person, a pattern of testing appears to take place at specific times in the leader's life. God often takes each leader through four major tests to determine if that person will achieve God's ultimate call on his or her life. The person's response to these tests is the deciding factor in whether they can advance to the next level of responsibility in God's Kingdom.

Cheap editions of great books may be delightful, but cheap editions of great men are absolutely detestable

High hopes were once formed of democracy; but democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

You can force the people to obey; you cannot force them to understand.

Let a ruler base his government upon virtuous principles, and he will be like the pole-star, which remains steadfast in its place, while all the host of stars turn towards it