Leadership Quotes - Page 38

The dance you take with passion and self belief While every step is in rhythm with the honor of your words and the integrity of your daily actions~bns

The art of oratory was considered part of the equipment of a statesman.

Barbara W. Tuchman

The author says one patrician English leader saw his relationship with the populace thusly: He wasn't responsible TO them. He was responsible FOR them. He was responsible for their care.

Barbara W. Tuchman

A minister's (cabinet member's) function was not to DO the work but to see that it got done.

Barbara W. Tuchman

A lot of people here some South in your mouth, and they automatically think you're dumb. They think if you talk funny, you are funny. – Lloyd Hand

David Pietrusza

Duty was not untinged by ambition.

Barbara W. Tuchman

Britain had an air of careless supremacy which GALLED her neighbors.

Barbara W. Tuchman

In person, Mr. Desmond mixes low-key friendliness and on-message discipline.

Jennifer Schuessler

In my opinion, the state of mind of a community is always directly due to the influence of the man at the top.

Agatha Christie

What does sincerity mean if it is chosen as deliberate strategy?

House speaker Thomas read could see the trend, but he could not have changed himself.

Barbara W. Tuchman

Leadership is the right combination of Integrity and Repect for others.The Success of anyone worth remembering is the TRUTH in their actions~bns

[That] speaks to one of the most important roles of a leader; to boil down an organization's many priorities into a simple plan, so that employees can remember it, internalize it, and act on it.

JFK apparently felt genuine sympathy for his 1960 presidential opponent Richard Nixon. He felt that, with Nixon's frequent shifts in political philosophy and reinventions, he must have to decide which Nixon he will be at each stop. This, Kennedy reasoned, must be exhausting.

David Pietrusza

The author commented that John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign team worked like a band of brothers, while Richard Nixon's campaign team worked like a band of brothers in law under the direction of a quarrelsome aunt.

David Pietrusza

Nixon wanted view and advice brought to him through intermediaries. He wanted information filtered as it came to him – and he wanted his filters to filter his will back to those whom he must direct.

David Pietrusza

Eisenhower on LBJ: "He hadn't got the depth of mind nor the breath vision to carry great responsibility.

David Pietrusza

Henry Cabot Lodge was like medicine, good for you, but hard to take. – Teddy White

David Pietrusza

There are really two essential things in campaigning. First, you must be in good humor. If you're going to be a raffle, you are to stay home. Second, you are to make sense in your speeches. These aren't the two things you must do. Unless you're saying, if you can be in good humor when you're exhausted. – Henry Cabot Lodge

David Pietrusza

The most important job of a leader is to instill the confidence to follow.

Kevin T. Cunningham

Eleanor Roosevelt on the changes in John F. Kennedy that led her to drop her opposition to his nomination for president: "He has the qualities of a scholar, and a sense of history. I had the feeling that he was the man who can learn. I like him better than I ever had before because he seemed so little caulk-sure, and I think he has a mind that is open to new ideas.

David Pietrusza

He left to do whatever editors do.

The author's alliterative description of politics since the 1960 presidential debates: "Government by Gotcha".

David Pietrusza

What other country has had the privilege of making the world's heart beat faster?

Barbara W. Tuchman

Jack Kennedy protected a mature and presidential image – tough, yet not unduly combative.

David Pietrusza

Peace is one of the most obvious earmarks of the authority of Christ.

What we saw in Richard Nixon's face was the panic in his soul. – Richard Goodwin

David Pietrusza

The power to influence flows to the person with the most information.

Dr. Rob Pennington

Diplomacy's primary law: LEAVE ROOM FOR NEGOTIATION.

Barbara W. Tuchman

Leadership embodies a spirit of encouragement. It is difficult to lead people where they are not enthusiastically encouraged to go.

Are you following the sheep to the slaughter house, or leading them to the pasture?

Jonathan Verderame

A true leader must have enough backbone to stand alone, even when the crowd wants to take the easy road home. A true leader cannot be dependent on companionship for his or her security, but must learn to trust in God alone. Singleness can give us the kind of backbone - courage, confidence, and leadership skills that an effective Christian must learn.

Service is a sacred strength.

Lailah Gifty Akita

A prophet is not someone who first had an idea. He is the one to first believe in it and take it to its conclusion.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Every leadership role has a character driving force that will fulfill or decimate the ultimate purpose of the role. Jesus our role model

Ikechukwu Joseph

When someone makes you a priority it is Great! When you make yourself a priority it is Brilliant!~

Standards are not established by your proclamations they are established by your routines.

The value of someone is not determined by titles, positions and sects, but by the impact and the major contributions he/she makes in the society by digging a hole in the universe to build a foundation for the next generation that is coming.

Organizing a coup was not the same as wanting one.

David Pietrusza

TO GROW OUR MIND- We must learn new things. We must CARE for more things. We must TEACH more things. We must SHARE more things. We must RETAIN more things. To grow our mind - We don't need education, We need a good memory.

Lorenzo Victory

Every day you should wake up with the excitement in knowing that God’s plans for you are far greater than your dreams for yourself. The best is yet to come!

John F. Kennedy responded, as he often did when at his best, skillfully mixing dollops of wit with, self-deprecation, and the principle of not-really-going-near-the-question.

David Pietrusza

Gen. de Gaulle is only concerned about history, and no jury can dictate the judgment of history." Georges Pompidou

Every day you should up with the excitement in knowing that God’s plans for you are far greater than your dreams for yourself. The best is yet to come!

Great leadership makes ordinary people into extraordinary people.

They probably think the sun won't come up unless you're there to allow it.

William McKinley was a man made to be managed.

Barbara W. Tuchman

Nixon was by nature a excluder. Halderman like to exclude people. When Nixon's need met Halderman's abilities, you had the most perfect formula for disaster. – Jim Shepley

David Pietrusza

Richard Nixon coveted, to the point of obsession, a controversy-free, stage-managed coronation.

David Pietrusza

Begin each day with a promise to self to be grateful ,be kind .be authentic your day will meet your intent ~bns

To truly be successful you must of have a clear vision of what success means to you & then share that knowledge with others to grow a team ~bns~

The Leader who sets a vision and encourages others to to take ownership in their future will obtain the greatest reward of overall performance resulting in success.~bns~

The journey to self discovery forges many paths, the footprints left behind are the memories of what was and the belief of what is.~bns

Print, it transpired, was not just an instrument of agitation and change: now it was equally necessary to win the peace.

Andrew Pettegree

True Leaders possess good core values and will align themselves with like thinking people to grow their leadership and prosper in Integrity~bns

Awesome ‪‎Leadership‬ is encouraging others to take initiative,challenge what is status quo improve it and feel pride in their commitment~bns~

Dynamic Leaders value and nurture relationships to create long term associations that create and achieve professional respect~bns

The first thing I am going to tell my successor is, don't trust the military men – even on military matters." JFK

A leader does not develop leadership by gaining more followers. Great leaders make more leaders.

J.R. Rim

People of the hundred," he said, using an ancient Herrani phrase Arin was surprised he knew, "who leads you?"So many cried Arin's name that it no longer sounded like his name.

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