Leadership Quotes

"He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still." "A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves." "The ladder of success is never crowded at the top." "Whatever happens, take responsibility." "Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers." "The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment." "Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." "Action is eloquence." "It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things." "Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence." "Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others." "I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be." "I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose." "Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it." "And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we're all sweating it - when we're worried that the bill won't pass, and it seems like all is lost - Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he jus" "Imagination governs the world." "The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies" "To get something new done you have to be stubborn and focused, to the point that others might find unreasonable." "We take risks all the time, we talk about failure. We need big failures in order to move the needle. If we don't, we're not swinging enough. You really should be swinging hard, and you will fail, but that's okay." "Ask yourself if you're one of the good people who successful people want to be around."