World Leader Quotes - Page 4

• The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Leadership, Future Leaders, Born Leaders

  Warren Bennis, Steven B. Sample, Rob Asghar (2015). “The Art and Adventure of Leadership: Understanding Failure, Resilience and Success”, p.15, John Wiley & Sons

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• A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

  George Washington

  Inspirational, Leadership, Motivation

  1790 First Annual Address, 8 Jan.

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• Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.

  Harry S. Truman

  Change, Leadership, Men

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• I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.

  Nelson Mandela

  Courage, Peace, Moving

  "Long Walk to Freedom". Book by Nelson Mandela, 1995.

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• Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Positive, Leadership

  "Women of Faith and Spirit: Their Words & Thoughts". Book edited by Dayna Beilenson and Mary Alice Warner, p. 42, 1987.

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• In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still.

  Harry S. Truman

  Change, Leadership, Future Leaders

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• A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Funny, Leadership, Art

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• Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspirational, Life, Encouraging

  A Return to Love ch. 7 (1992). Frequently misattributed to Nelson Mandela.

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• With Russia about to hold the Winter Games in Sochi, the country is open to pressure. American and world leaders must speak out against Mr. Putin's attacks and the violence they foster. The Olympic Committee must demand the retraction of these laws under threat of boycott.

  Harvey Fierstein

  Country, Gay, Winter

  "Russia’s Anti-Gay Crackdown". www.nytimes.com. July 21, 2013.

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• The saying, "Those that don't learn from history are condemned to repeat it" doesn't just apply to politicians and world leaders, it applies to all of us on a daily basis.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Leader, World, Politician

  "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Basketball Legend and Kids' Book Author". Interview with Seira Wilson, www.amazonbookreview.com. January 16, 2012.

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• If George Bush can't get along with Stephen Harper, he can't get along with any world leader. They're ideological cousins, if not twins.

  David Taras

  Cousin, Leader, World

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• We need a positive economic agenda that invests in the innovation and growth that will create jobs for middle class families and ensure that America remains the world leader.

  Rick Larsen

  Jobs, Class, America

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• Every human has a seed of greatness buried in a gift needed by the world.

  Myles Munroe

  Leadership, Greatness, World

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• Find your domain and serve it to the world.

  Myles Munroe

  Leadership, World, Domain

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• Clouds of a different sort signal an environmental holocaust without precedent. Once again, world leaders waffle, hoping the danger will dissipate. Yet today the evidence is as clear as the sounds of glass shattering in Berlin.

  Al Gore

  Clouds, Glasses, Holocaust

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• A lot of controversy over this possible invasion of Iraq. In fact, Nelson Mandela was so upset, he called Bush's dad. How embarrassing, when world leaders start calling your father.

  Jay Leno

  Dad, Father, Iraq

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• There was a time when conservative intellectuals raised the level of American public debate and helped to keep it sober. Those days are gone. As for political judgment, the promotion of Sarah Palin as a possible world leader speaks for itself. The Republican Party and the political right will survive, but the conservative intellectual tradition is already dead. And all of us, even liberals like myself, are poorer for it.

  Mark Lilla

  Party, Leader, Political

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• The United States is the leader of the free world.

  Elizabeth Dole

  Leadership, United States, World

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• Occupy World Street is a masterpiece which deserves to get wide circulation and commitment by world leaders.

  Maurice Strong

  Commitment, Leader, World

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• What if a small group of world leaders were to conclude that the principal risk to the Earth comes from the actions of the rich countries?... In order to save the planet, the group decides: Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring that about?

  Maurice Strong

  Change, Country, Responsibility

  "Environmentalism: Ideology and Power". Book by Donald Gibson, 2002.

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• We must move as quickly as possible to a one-world government; a one-world religion; under a one world leader.

  Robert Muller

  Leadership, Moving, World Government

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• I call for the need of world leaders to address climate change and reduce the increasing risk of disasters- and world leaders must include mayors, townships and community leaders.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Community, Leader, Risk

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• We have been led to believe that we have come a long way toward world nuclear disarmament. But that is not the case. Our government is not doing all that it could. We must urge our leaders to fulfill the obligations of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The United States must assume world leadership to end once and for all the threat of nuclear war. It is our moral responsibility.

  Harrison Ford

  War, Believe, Responsibility

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• We are all here now and we have to solve our differences and live together as Australians... I will use the title you have honoured me with to bring the Australian people together... Together we can build a remarkable country, the envy of the rest of the world.

  Lowitja O'Donoghue

  Leadership, Country, Together We Can

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