The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.
Albert EinsteinWe named the book ‚Extreme Ownership‘ because we really found that when we looked at not only at leaders but at teams that were the most successful, we found that the ones that had this attitude of extreme ownership were the ones that did the best, and it’s definitely an attitude that I had.
Jocko WillinkThe question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be… The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.
Martin Luther King, Jr.The last thing I wanted to do was to be a wartime President.
Lyndon B. JohnsonThe President is not only the leader of a party, he is the President of the whole people. He must interpret the conscience of America. He must guide his conduct by the idealism of our people.
Herbert HooverI have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business.
Edmund BurkePeople who add value to others do so intentionally. I say that because to add value, leaders must give of themselves, and that rarely occurs by accident.
John C. MaxwellI cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else – I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.
Queen Elizabeth IIIf you continue to keep low performers on your team, that are actually dragging the team down; you’re failing the whole team, and eventually, the whole team is going to fail.
Jocko WillinkGoverning a great nation is like cooking a small fish – too much handling will spoil it.
Lao TzuIn my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity.
Harry S. TrumanNothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.
George WashingtonIf you are a parent, you have probably already realized that your children are always watching what you do. And just as children watch their parents and emulate their behavior, so do employees who are watching their bosses.
John C. MaxwellEarn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.Of all the things I’ve done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.
Walt DisneyWe need every person on Earth to acknowledge that climate change is real and encourage each other and our leaders to address the challenge.
Richard BransonA master performer like Bill Clinton never lost sight of the fact that as president he had to project confidence and power, but if he was speaking to a group of autoworkers he would adjust his accent and his words to fit the audience, and do the same for a group of executives.
Robert GreeneEvery sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.
Ralph Waldo EmersonI often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.
Robert FrostAre you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert.
Khalil GibranTo lead people walk behind them.
Lao TzuThe minute you got the Nobel Peace Prize, things that I said yesterday, with nobody paying too much attention, I say the same things after I got it – oh! It was quite crucial for people, and it helped our morale because apartheid did look invincible.
Desmond TutuI began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.
Fidel CastroThe British people know that, given strong leadership, time, and a little bit of hope, the forces of good ultimately rally and triumph over evil.
Ronald ReaganGroups that rose from poverty to prosperity seldom did so by having their own racial or ethnic leaders to follow.
Thomas SowellI like criticism. It makes you strong.
LeBron JamesThe leaders come up from the volunteers that do the work, and it’s amazing because then they do these incredible things in their community that they never thought they had the power to make that happen.
Dolores HuertaWhen Hillary was First Lady, we went to the Beijing Women’s Conference. She courageously stood up and spoke out on behalf of human rights and women’s rights, inspiring millions to fight for a better future.
Madeleine AlbrightWell I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn’t mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, you’ve forgotten high school.
Madeleine AlbrightPeople have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook. I earned everything I’ve got.
Richard M. NixonI want a president who will teach our children that everyone in this country matters, a president who truly believes in the vision that our Founders put forth all those years ago that we are all created equal, each a beloved part of the great American story.
Michelle ObamaIf I made a commitment, I stood by that commitment – and try to make it real. Because when you become leaders, the most important thing you have is your word, your trust. That’s where respect comes from.
Michelle ObamaThe art of delegation is one of the key skills any entrepreneur must master.
Richard BransonWith Benghazi, I don’t see anyone saying, ‚Hey look, I am overall responsible for this and therefore, I take responsibility for what happened. It’s my fault.‘ I haven’t heard that yet. Meanwhile, the other side of the coin, the Osama bin Laden raid, it seems everyone made that decision, and that’s just unbelievable to me.
Jocko WillinkThe way people look at me these days – that’s the same way I looked at President Obama before I met him. We tend to forget that people who’ve attained a certain position are human.
Kendrick LamarA return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.
Niccolo MachiavelliI speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leadership. They want to have great leadership. They want to have somebody that will represent them. And it doesn’t matter if you’re a Democrat or a Republican, young or old.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerThe chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.
Joseph AddisonYou cannot be in a position of power and destroy the life of another person.
Pope FrancisOne of my direct subordinates, one of my guys that worked for me, he would call me up or pull me aside with some major problem, some issue that was going on. And he’d say, ‚Boss, we’ve got this, and that, and the other thing.‘ And I’d look at him and I’d say, ‚Good.‘
Jocko WillinkThe eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.
Benjamin FranklinFrom a young age, I learned to focus on the things I was good at and delegate to others what I was not good at. That’s how Virgin is run. Fantastic people throughout the Virgin Group run our businesses, allowing me to think creatively and strategically.
Richard BransonOur country was founded by geniuses, but it’s being run by idiots.
John KennedyBut even the President of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked.
Bob DylanThe mob is the mother of tyrants.
DiogenesThe time has come for all evangelists to practice full financial disclosure. The world is watching how we walk and how we talk. We must have the highest standards of morality, ethics and integrity if we are to continue to have influence.
Billy GrahamA good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
Nelson MandelaThe world can criticize me, but l can always criticize it back.
Bad BunnyWhat can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness.
Friedrich NietzscheI want a president with a record of public service, someone whose life’s work shows our children that we don’t chase fame and fortune for ourselves: we fight to give everyone a chance to succeed.
Michelle ObamaWhat ‚multiculturalism‘ boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture – and you cannot blame any culture in the world except Western culture.
Thomas SowellHistory reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis.
Robert KiyosakiNo man should be in politics unless he would honestly rather not be there.
Henry AdamsBurroughs is crap. Crap.
Ray BradburyBack in the day, what motivated me was overcoming myself. Now I believe in being a leader. I’ve done it all – I’m good. Now, it’s about setting an example for others to follow. I can’t just talk it – I have to live it.
David GogginsThe more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.
Robert Baden-PowellThose people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.
Brian TracyInternational affairs is very much run like the mafia. The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn’t pay his protection money. You have to have obedience; otherwise, the idea can spread that you don’t have to listen to the orders, and it can spread to important places.
Noam ChomskyWhen you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power.
Mark ZuckerbergI don’t think it’s a good advert for any restaurant, a fat chef, and secondly, who wants to eat a dessert when the chef’s a fat pig.
Gordon Ramsay