Quotes about Leadership
You have given me a great responsibility to stay close to you, to be worthy of you and to exemplify what you are.
- Jimmy Carter
A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation.
- James Freeman Clarke
When we want decisions more than we want disciples, we get tares instead of true converts and Ichabod, departed glory for the church.
- James MacDonald
In healthy churches, the pastors life, not just his words, sets the tone for the church.
- James MacDonald
Acting like a man means developing a non-anxious presence that sees the big picture, remains calm in a crisis, and won't cave in under pressure. Godly men respond; they don't react.
- James MacDonald
Do all you can to defeat selfish shepherding in your own heart.
- James MacDonald
At the height of his effectiveness, John Wesley was asked the secret of his impact for Christ around the world and reportedly answered, "When you set yourself on fire, people love to come and see you burn.
- James MacDonald
Men act like men at home when they realize they will be held responsible for how well they represented God to their family.
- James MacDonald
A good government implies two things: fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, a knowledge of the means by which that object can be best attained.
- James Madison
The nation which reposes on the pillow of political confidence, will sooner or later end its political existence in a deadly lethargy
- James Madison
The essence of Government is power and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
- James Madison
To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.
- James Madison