Quotes about Leadership

His presence soon restored confidence.

Some commanders can move troops so as to get the maximum distance out of them without fatigue, while others can wear them out in a few days without accomplishing so much.

A cannonball travels only two thousand miles an hour; light travels two hundred thousand miles a second. Such is the superiority of Jesus Christ over Napoleon.

I would rather be the head of a fly than the tail of a lion.

A good mayor is a useful person. How can you hold back when you have the chance to do good?

Factions are blind men who aim correctly.

Biassou raised his hand, and as if by enchantment the tumult was stilled, and each negro returned to his place in the ranks in silence. The discipline which Biassou had imposed upon his equals by the exercise of his power of will struck me, I may say, with admiration. All the soldiers of the force seemed to exist only to obey the wishes of their chief, as the notes of the harpsichord under the fingers of the musician.

But, he said to himself, whether they knew or didn't know is not the main issue; the main issue is whether a man is innocent because he didn't know. Is a fool on the throne relieved of all responsibility merely because he is a fool?

We cannot expect to lift others unless we stand on higher ground ourselves.

Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.

Do what the top people do.

Get the right people on the bus, get the wrong people off the bus, and then get the right people in the right seats on the bus.