Quotes about Leadership
In statesmanship get formalities right, never mind about the moralities.
— Mark Twain
Obedience alone gives the right to command.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
— Golda Meir
No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is much safer to obey than to rule.
— Thomas a Kempis
I shall never ask, never refuse, nor ever resign an office.
— George Washington
He knows nothing; he thinks he knows everything - that clearly points to a political career.
— George Bernard Shaw
Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgement; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
— Edmund Burke
When Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero 106-43 BC,) was in 64 BC running for consul of Rome he was reported to be advised by his "campaign manager" that the voters "had rather you lied to them than refused them."
— Anonymous
No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it.
— Thomas Jefferson
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