Quotes about Leadership
I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.
— Robert Frost
The depositary of power is always unpopular.
— Benjamin Disraeli
The surest way to reveal one's character is not through adversity but by giving them power.
— Abraham Lincoln
Power always brings with it responsibility.
— Theodore Roosevelt
I cannot conceive a rank more honorable, than that which flows from the uncorrupted choice of a brave and free people, the purest source and original fountain of all power.
— George Washington
I think that Harold MacMillan is a very intelligent man, who, as so often happens in politics, achieved supreme power too late.
— Malcolm Muggeridge
Cynics who say power is all that counts in politics forget that power without ideas is just improvisation.
— Michael Ignatieff
You can't get back to power by defining your project in negative terms. But it helps to have somebody in office who represents the opposite of what you believe.
— Michael Ignatieff
True Leadership is the authority given by the trust of the followers to use power for the benefit of all.
— Myles Munroe
Republicans are completely befuddled by Obama's 'star power' and don't seem to have a clear or effective strategy to compete.
— Simon Sinek
He who achieves power by violence does not truly become lord or master.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
His voice leads us not into timid discipleship but into bold witness.
— Charles Stanley