Leadership

Don't find fault, find a remedy.

Henry Ford

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

Nelson Mandela

One man with courage is a majority.

Thomas Jefferson

It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next day.

Zig Ziglar

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

Theodore Roosevelt

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.

Abraham Lincoln

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.

Thomas Jefferson

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

Ronald Reagan

No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.

Abraham Lincoln

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

Thomas Jefferson

A government of laws, and not of men.

John Adams

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Thomas Paine

An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.

Thomas Paine

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

Isaac Newton

Everyone wants to be great; nobody wants to carry the sack.

Norwegian proverbs