A leader is a dealer in hope.
De Gaulle Charles 1890-1970
A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
ERSKINE John 1879-1951
Temperance is the control of all the functions of our bodies. The man who refuses liquor, goes in for apple pie and develops a paunch, is no
ethical leader for me.
Hess Stephen
(of John Major)
The other European leaders actually ARE old: he just acts old.
LEDRU-ROLLIN Alexandre
I've got to follow them - I am their leader.
Lippmann Walter 1899-1974
The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.
Peres Shimon 1923-
A leader who rides to war is always having applause; a leader who rides to peace is always being criticized.
Wilson Woodrow 1856-1924
When you come into the presence of a leader of men, you know that you have come into the presence of fire - that it is best not uncautiously to touch that man - that there is something that makes it dangerous to cross him.
Yost Charles 1907-1981
A leader may symbolize and express what is best in his people, like Pericles, or what is worst, like Hitler, but he cannot successfully express what is only in his heart and not in theirs.
Lao-Tsu c.604-c.531 BC
As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honour and praise. The next, the people fear, and the next the people hate. When the best leader's work is done, the people say, ‘we did it ourselves!'
Blair Tony 1953-
The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.
GANDHI India 1917-1984
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
THATCHER Margaret 1925-
The Act of Concensus is the negation of leadership.