Topic: Leadership

Quotes

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

- Napoleon Bonaparte

Comrade Deng Xiaoping - along with other party elders - gave the party leadership their firm and full support to put down the political disturbance using forceful measures.

Comrade Deng Xiaoping - along with other party elders - gave the party leadership their firm and full support to put down the political disturbance using forceful measures.

- Li Peng

Leadership is a matter of how to be - not how to do it.

Leadership is a matter of how to be - not how to do it.

- Frances Hesselbein

Leadership is about stepping up when it's the appropriate time and then making sure everyone knows that we're all on the same page.

Leadership is about stepping up when it's the appropriate time and then making sure everyone knows that we're all on the same page.

- Robert Kraft

Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.

Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.

- James Cash Penney

Isolationism is not leadership.

Isolationism is not leadership.

- John Hickenlooper

In any case, decisions on troop levels in the American system of government are not made by any general or set of generals but by the civilian leadership of the war effort.

In any case, decisions on troop levels in the American system of government are not made by any general or set of generals but by the civilian leadership of the war effort.

- Bill Kristol

Leadership is about doing what you know is right - even when a growing din of voices around you is trying to convince you to accept what you know to be wrong.

Leadership is about doing what you know is right - even when a growing din of voices around you is trying to convince you to accept what you know to be wrong.

- Bob Ehrlich