Leadership Quotes

"If you wish to be a leader, you must first learn to follow."

"A good leader leads from behind."

"Leadership in the theatre means creating an environment where others feel safe to take creative risks."

"To speak with authenticity is to command without effort."

"A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts on inadequate information."

"Citizenship consists in the service of the country."

"A leader must be willing to make difficult decisions for the greater good."

"In a world of infinite possibilities, focus gives us direction."

"Leadership is about lifting others up, not standing above them."

"The British stage tradition taught me that excellence is not optional."

"The buck stops here."

"The responsibility of great states is to serve, not dominate, the world."

"Trying to be President is like trying to hold a shadow to the ground."

"A President cannot always be popular. He has to do what he thinks is right."

"Political considerations are for the politicians to worry about. My job is to look after the welfare of the American people."

"You can measure a President by the enemies he makes."

"The most important job of the President is to protect the Constitution of the United States."

"A President does not govern by himself. He must work with Congress."

"The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things."

"The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things."

"It's not a matter of conservative versus liberal; it's a matter of statesmanship."

"To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world's strongest economy."

"A true leader serves those they lead."

"Greatness is not measured by the power one possesses, but by how one chooses to use it."

"To be a leader is not to command others, but to inspire them to discover their own greatness."

"A President cannot always be popular. He has to do what he thinks is right and let the chips fall where they may."

"The responsibility of great states is to serve and not to dominate the world."

"When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes all those things. You have to remember it isn't poetry anymore, it's you."

"The most important thing is to keep in touch with the people, to let them know what you're doing."

"I'm not worried about my popularity. I'm worried about the country."