Quotes about Leadership
I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
— Abraham Lincoln
Towering genius disdains a beaten path... It sees no distinction in adding story to story... It scorns to tread in the footsteps of any predecessor, however illustrious. It thirsts and burns for distinction; and, if possible, it will have it...
— Abraham Lincoln
And having thus chosen our course, without guile, and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in GOD, and go forward without fear, and with manly hearts. Abraham Lincoln, in an address to congress July 4th, 1861
— Abraham Lincoln
I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside me.
— Abraham Lincoln
If you want to test a man's character, give him power.
— Abraham Lincoln
I do not wish you to believe that I assume to be any better than others who have gone before me.
— Abraham Lincoln
Demagoguery is the ability to dress minor ideas with major words.
— Abraham Lincoln
Towering genius...thirsts and burns for distinction; and, if possible, it will have it, whether at the expense of emancipating slaves or enslaving freemen.
— Abraham Lincoln
I am not at all concerned about whose side God is on, for I know the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord's side.
— Abraham Lincoln
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
— Abraham Lincoln
I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my best each and every day.
— Abraham Lincoln
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in...
— Abraham Lincoln