Quotes about Leadership
My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution.
— George Washington
If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down, these women together ought to be able to turn it right side up again.
— Sojourner Truth
Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.
— Malcolm Muggeridge
The question "Who ought to be boss" is like asking "Who ought to be tenor in the quartet?" Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.
— Henry Ford
The king of France with twenty thousand men Went up the hill, and then came down again: The king of Spain with twenty thousand more Climbed the same hill the French had climbed before.
— Anonymous
No one reaches a high position without daring.
— Publilius Syrus
The presidency does not yield to definition. Like the glory of a morning sunrise, it can be experienced - it can not be told.
— Calvin Coolidge
Within the first few months I discovered that being a president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep riding or be swallowed.
— Harry S. Truman
I beg leave to assure the Congress that no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness. I do not wish to make any profit from it.
— George Washington
The buck stops here.
— Harry S. Truman
When there is no vision, people perish.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The person who sees the difficulties so clearly that he does not discern the possibilities cannot inspire a vision in others.
— J. Oswald Sanders