Leaders Quotes

Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.

The exposed nature of life in the public square affects leaders' attitudes toward risk - and failure.

Authenticity is the alignment of head, mouth, heart, and feet - thinking, saying, feeling, and doing the same thing - consistently. This builds trust, and followers love leaders they can trust.

I've had lengthy discussions with European farm leaders. It is clear they have an agricultural strategy to support their producers and gain dominance in world agricultural trade. They're gaining markets the old-fashioned way - they're buying them.

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

Pope John Paul, a man of peace and compassion, was one of the most revered leaders of our time.

I think there is a case for strong action and intervention when there is criminality and when the leaders are corrupt or behaving in a criminal fashion.

Leaders have to act more quickly today. The pressure comes much faster.

For some reason the football coach of a major college program is seen as one of the leaders of the campus. And some way we have to let our young people know that that leader can look like anyone.

Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous.

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.

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

The great leaders of the second world war alliance, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, understood the twin sides of destruction and salvation. Their war aims were not only to defeat fascism, but to create a world of shared prosperity.

There is a consensus of willing leaders from both parties coalescing around the right way forward in health care. Reform should address government-imposed inequities and barriers to true choice and competition.

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.

Iran's continued, widespread persecution of ethnic minorities, human rights defenders and political prisoners is a disgrace and stands as a shameful indictment of Iran's leaders.

We are shaping young kids to be leaders in their communities and also to be healthier.

They are scared that the BBC or CNN may call them radicals, so they remain soft instead. The problem lies there, with the Muslim leaders, not the Muslim masses.

When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.

In some South Pacific cultures, a speaker holds a conch shell as a symbol of temporary position of authority. Leaders must understand who holds the conch that is, who should be listened to and when.

In Ethiopia, democracy is in its infancy and it must be nurtured along by its leaders.

Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there.

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.

A lot of people, including business leaders, think the future belongs to China. Globalization is not a zero-sum game, but we need to hone our skills to stay in play.

So many Christian leaders have been so tepid or downright silent on the advance of the homosexual agenda.

I think that ego-driven leaders will be a thing of the past because the masses are tired.

Political leaders can help change the psychological climate which affects the quality of relationships among people.

But certainly in Uganda, Mozambique and South Africa, people don't really talk about sex and certainly religious leaders - some of them - up to now have been very unwilling to accept, for instance, the promotion of condom use.

In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.

The shortcomings of America's political leaders do not stop at our borders.