leadership Quotes

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.

I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.

What Britain needs is an iron lady.

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.

If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.