Leadership Quotes

Leadership in today’s world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

Whatever ought to be, can be.

Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone, accept everything alone.

The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I, therefore, intend to oppose the effort to increase America’s debt.

The very exercise of leadership fosters capacity for it.

The nicest thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.

We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times… and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That’s not leadership. That’s not going to happen.

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

Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed.