Leaders Quotes

He was one of the few political leaders I have ever met whose public speeches revealed more than his private conversations. [On Ronald Reagan]

The number of business leaders who asked me to lower their taxes can be counted on one hand.

Our political leaders often talk about Russia taking an independent path, but they like to live like people in the West.

Missing from the national conversation are voices of pro-immigration reformers and civil rights leaders, who can speak on behalf of those who have no voice.

The failure of political leaders to help uplift the poor will be judged a moral failure.

America is a country ready to be taken - in fact, longing to be taken - by political leaders ready to restore democracy and trust to the political process.

It's an embarrassment that we don't have a broad enough consensus among political leaders that true reform should take place.

And let me say this as a politician I can promise you this, political leaders will never take risks if the people do not push them to take some risks. You must create the change that you want to see.

Political leaders will only undertake bold climate initiatives if they know the American people want it.

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

Labor is like motherhood to most of our political leaders: a calling so fine and noble that it would be sullied by talk of vulgar, mundane things like pay.

Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that these leaders are actuated by altruistic desires

We've even developed a new council with Canada to promote women's business leaders and entrepreneurs.

Many people are trying to remove religion from public life. Under the banner of pluralism, cultural and political leaders are seeking to push all talk about God out of the public arena.

Make no mistake, the point of cutting the personal income tax and the capital gains cut is to send an unmistakable message to business leaders.

I'm glad to know that we do have political leaders that believe in God, and that has been true from the days of George Washington.

Every sailor knows that you can't sail a ship that isn't moving forward, strong leaders understand that to change direction, you first have to create forward progress.

Strong leaders equal strong organizations.

As the political leaders of Europe meet to save the euro and European Union, so should religious leaders.

I hate the idea that we might lose even a few talented future leaders because they fell for Bernie Sanders's spiel and then got discouraged when it didn't pan out.

Persistence in a single view has never been regarded as a merit in political leaders.

People who don't vote have no call on political leaders!

Leadership is about taking people from a good place to a better place where they would not regret to be.

If you create an environment of conflicts, I don’t think you will enjoy peace yourself.

The strongest storms make the best sailors. The strongest games make the best players. Tougher challenges make the best leaders.

Don’t complain of terrible circumstances. It has been proven several times that they are the sources of celebrated trophies.

People who run away from challenges are cowards and no coward deserves a reward.

People who swim very well in troubled waters are respected and celebrated than those who swim excellently in calm waters.

I was taught that the most hardworking nurse is found at the dirtiest part of the clinical ward.

If you are an aspiring leader and you have not yet gone through any trouble, prepare for one. It is by going through the hard times that you become harder against the storms of life.

Don’t always complain the way isn’t there. If you can’t find the way, create it.

A leader’s cross is the temporal pain they go through and his crown is the permanent gain when at last victory is achieved.

The leader’s commandment is made up of pledges to solve local and global problems, and not to create more problems to add to the existing ones.

Would people be excited about your departure from the earth or they would wish you should come back again and again if possible?

Love people who hate you and their hatred won’t get grounds to gain roots.

You don’t see someone flying and you begin to bite yourself for not being able to do that. You do what you can.

Never let hatred give you an escort. It will drag your attention from all fortunes along the way.

Five people with passion can do better than fifty people with mere desire or interest.

A leader is a thorn in the flesh of oppressive people. They never feel comfortable when a leader stands up.

Sometimes the only things preventing your dreams from becoming realities is the long time it is taking you to start.

Don’t just have dreams. Take actions too. To make it possible, begin every dream with a simple action and your interest will beam out.

Be passionate about your dreams and never give sleep to your eyes until your good becomes better and your better becomes the best.

You will never be rewarded for the dreams you slept over day in day out. You will be rewarded for dreams you stay awake and achieved.

Until you let go of that bitterness in your heart, it will find a comfortable place to destroy your dreams, your sight and most times, your sleep.

Don’t only think of which job to get and live on. Think about which problem to solve and the jobs will keep suggesting themselves.

Cruel people are not only people who kill innocent people with guns. Individuals who steal from government coffers to enrich themselves at the expense of the poor are grossly cruel.

People who always want to be at convenient places won’t make a change at controversial places.

Most times, the leader’s ornament isn’t the smiles you see on their faces during the time of victory. It is the sweats we don’t see when they were struggling behind the scenes.

Never undermine the power of passion. You have a very high chance of achieving anything you are passionate about.

Try not to leave your work for someone else to do. If possible, carry the work of someone and add it to yours. That's a trait of leaders!