Leadership Quotes

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.

If there is a worse place than hell, I am in it.

In times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and in eternity.

The art of leadership... consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will split up that attention.

The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.

Let me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity.

Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.

For success of any mission, it is necessary to have creative leadership. Creative leadership is vital for government, non-governmental organisations as well as for industries.

To be a successful team leader, one has to stay back after the din and clutter of a working day to emerge better-equipped and ready to face a new day.

To manage the performance of such specialists the team leader has to adopt a delicate balance between the hands-on and the hands-off approach.

What makes life in Indian organizations difficult is the widespread prevalence of this very contemptuous pride. It stops us from listening to our juniors.

A leader should give the credit of the success to the team members. But when failure comes, leaders should absorb the failures and protect the team members.

Personally, I'd like to see more of our leaders take a technocratic approach to solving our biggest problems.

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

Tis the times' plague, when madmen lead the blind.