Leadership Quotes

Romance, friendship, leadership, and love have turned out to be so much more than I ever thought they could be. All earthly versions of these things are merely dark reflections of heavenly ones.

I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.

The ones that you're calling wild are going to be the leaders in a little while.

Of one thing be certain: if a CEO is enthused about a particularly foolish acquisition, both his internal staff and his outside advisors will come up with whatever projections are needed to justify his stance. Only in fairy tales are emperors told that they are naked.

Focus on your customers and lead your people as though their lives depend on your success.

I'm interested in making a path instead of following a trail, and that's what I want to do in life - in everything I do.

Great people are those who make others feel that they, too, can become great.

A leader is the wave pushed ahead by the ship.

Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.

The Savior of the whole world chose twelve disciples, and even one of that small number, selected by superhuman wisdom, turned out a traitor and a devil.

The presidency, even to the most experienced politicians, is no bed of roses.

Stand on middle ground and hold the ship level and steady.

The Union, in any event, won't be dissolved. We don't want to dissolve it, and if you attempt it, we won't let you.

I must, in candor, say I do not think myself fit for the Presidency.

While I hold myself without mock modesty, the humblest of all individuals that have ever been elevated to the Presidency, I have a more difficult task to perform than any one of them.

I have often pondered over the dangers which were incurred by the men who assembled here, and framed and adopted that Declaration of Independence. I have pondered over the toils that were endured by the officers and soldiers of the army who achieved that Independence.

I am a patient man - always willing to forgive on the Christian terms of repentance; and also to give ample time for repentance.

I shall do nothing in malice. What I deal with is too vast for malicious dealing.

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views.