Quotes on Leaders

Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable.

Author: John Abizaid

Nigera is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.

Author: Chinua Achebe

I absolutely intend to return every penny given to me by my Democratic colleagues and Democratic leaders.

Author: Rodney Alexander

We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration.

Author: Irving Babbitt

The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.

Author: Robert Baden-Powell

But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour.

Author: Abu Bashir

During the 1990s, world leaders looked at the mounting threat of terrorism, looked up, looked away, and hoped the problem would go away.

Author: John Boehner

Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous.

Author: Bill Bradley

Rarely have elected leaders been so intent on defying the public will.

Author: Scott Brown

Leaders are not pale reflectors of major social conflicts; they play up some, play down others, ignore still others.

Author: James Burns

I think there is value in having practising scientists as leaders of research institutions.

Author: Thomas Cech

These days there are not enough of such intermediary groups, between the state and the individual, with the result that political leaders are often unduly guided by opinion polls.

Author: Jacques Delors

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

Author: Bill Gates

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

Author: Charles Gaulle

But the question is to find and rear leaders that are really one with the masses. This can only be accomplished by the masses, the political parties and the Trade Unions, by means of the most severe struggle, also inwardly.

Author: Herman Gorter

Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel.

Author: Che Guevara

I've had very good meetings with Unionist leaders, Democratic Unionist Party, Ian Paisley and his team.

Author: Peter Hain

That Sinn Fein, as I've already indicated, their leaders have already indicated that's what they want to achieve - once we get that credible statement, then we can get around the table and start to move forward, and I'm confident we can do so.

Author: Peter Hain

How could I get up there and say, 'People, we've got to do better,' when I was the poster child for everything that was wrong? I've always believed leaders don't ask others to do what they're unwilling to do.

Author: Mike Huckabee

I believe President Bush is one of the most dangerous leaders in the world. He is not in search of peaceful and diplomatic solutions.

Author: Bianca Jagger

I am not unaware that leaders betray, and sell out, and play false.

Author: Mary Jones

The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.

Author: Blaine Lee

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

Author: John Maxwell

I played a lot of leaders, autocratic sorts; perhaps it was my Canadian accent.

Author: Leslie Nielsen

Leaders grasp nettles.

Author: David Ogilvy

I know that we shall meet problems along the way, but I'd far rather see for myself what's going on in the world outside, than rely on newspapers, television, politicians and religious leaders to tell me what I should be thinking.

Author: Michael Palin

We need leaders who will stand up for the little guy and listen once again.

Author: Sarah Palin

It is to be hoped that the leaders of this movement will place the nation above the party.

Author: Franz Papen

The best leaders... almost without exception and at every level, are master users of stories and symbols.

Author: Thomas Peters

Our leaders continue to say that we're making strong headway against this problem. And I think we are not.

Author: Michael Scheuer

The trial organized with U.N. participation of some kind will be for crimes committed by Khmer Rouge leaders from 1975 to 1979. That's it.

Author: Hun Sen

Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.

Author: Diogenes Sinope

Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves - and by which they are willing to be judged.

Author: Frederick Smith

I do believe there are leaders who are like lightning and they come along and they lead. The Lincolns of the world, the Alexander the Greats, they do exist. They have existed.

Author: Oliver Stone