The political mind is the product of men in public life who have been twice spoiled. They have been spoiled with praise and they have been spoiled with abuse. – Calvin Coolidge
~ David Pietrusza
Once Trump got his hands around this promising idea, he basically strangled it.
~ Joe Nocera
Greatness is a transitory experience. It is never consistent. It depends in part on the myth-making imagination of humankind. The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in. He must reflect what is projected upon him.
~ Frank Herbert
Delay is as dangerous as the wrong answer.
You can't lead if no one will follow.
~ Margaret Atwood
A thing can be fine on paper but utterly crummy in the field.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
If virtue does not equal powers, powers will be misused.
~ John Howard Griffin
It doesn't follow that the riots mean permanent hostility toward him.
My son will wear the title well, the Duke thought, and realized with a sudden chill that this was another death thought.
The politics of the possible was being replaced by the politics of purity.
~ H.w. Brands
His was a quiet but persistent charisma.
The essence of leadership is not to portray yourself as some sort of know-it-all, but your ability to develop the people you are working with so they themselves can take the initiative and do the organizational drive.
~ Pat Chambers
He understood the code of his social class enough to affect an air of indifference about life.
I can see that spark coming back when he talks about the future.
He made his character his platform.
Such was the code: Strive for victory, but never seem to be self-involved.
You can’t be a great leader if your heart is not filled with greatness.
~ Debasish Mridha
If you have a great vision and are ready for a passionate mission, they you are a leader.
Comfort leads to complacency, and complacency kills. For this reason, I believe that we all should be a little uncoomfortable in our jobs.
~ Stephen R. Lorenz
You are a good leader when your actions inspire others to do good for themselves and for others.
A true leader leads his people from the front and if he falls into a pit the people will surely not follow.
~ Amit Abraham
He communicates authenticity to an electorate ravenous for it.
~ Frank Bruni
Initial uniformity can be deceiving, warns the author, because parties arrive at that state from so many different motives which will be exposed over time.
~ Donald R. Hickey
Now even reformers needed political machines.
~ Rick Perlstein
Leaders don't pray to God to fill their potholes. They ask God for shovels so they can do it by His grace. Pray practically.
~ Israelmore Ayivor
The main way people waste time is by complaining of their past wasted time. Leaders respond even if it seems to be late.
To leaders, one trusted friend is better than ten well known betrayers
What differentiates victors and victims are visions and vigor. Victims won't get the vim to step out of their situations.
Inferior and Superior life lives in the interior of a person.
Experiment participants asked to pick which politician looked more confident in a photograph picked the winner of the race two thirds of the time. This phenomenon held up even when they only glimpsed the photographs for a 10th of a second.
~ Jonathan Haidt
Leaders don't define wealth by material things they see. They define wealth by the visions they imagine and actions they take.
Leaders act with visions, they don't react with emotions. Maturity is when you don't allow your bad feelings to direct your good dealings.
He uses the nice old words so rich in tradition to be sure I know he means it.
There are proven ways to win the loyalty of tough, strong, ferocious men: play on the certain knowledge of their superiority, the mystique of secret covenant, the esprit of shared suffering.
Clarity repositions you to quit nice activities that take you nowhere in order to pursue risky tasks that take you somewhere.
Leaders get to tall heights by taking short steps. Being faithful, diligent and consistent with little steps is the secret to mounting greater heights.
Leaders with high esteem are high performers.
Richest leaders are not those who have calories in their bank accounts, but those who have fats in their positive ideas.
Leaders let go of what they can't control. It's a matter of knowing the power of the muscles and bones in your neck so you can go for what it can carry
Leaders should know how fast time runs and how faster they can beat it. Poor leaders run slowly till time overtakes them.
