Lao Tzu Quotes

The most basic building block of any successful government is, first and foremost, a moral authority over the people it leads.

What do you prefer? A prime minister obsessed with being popular, or a prime minister who does the job?

People have seen the Modi government's track record, and now they believe that if we say something, it will happen.

I want people to see the full measure of Donald Trump.

History has shown that a country most effectively speaks with one voice. When nationally elected officials work together, build consensus, and provide leadership, the American people will follow.

One does not "manage" people. The task is to lead people.

Donald Trump loves America. He wants it to be the greatest place on earth. He thinks political people have made it the mess that it is. And he's been very open and up front about how he goes about accomplishing things, and that's totally ignored.

Of the best rulers, The people only know that they exist; the next best they love and praise the next they fear; and the next they revile. When they do not command the people's faith, some will lose faith in them, and then they resort to oaths! But of the best when their task is accomplished, their work done, the people all remark, We have done it ourselves.

I have never been over concerned or obsessed with opinion polls or popularity polls. I think a leader who is, is a weak leader. Between being loved and being feared, I have always believed Machiavelli was right. If nobody is afraid of me, I'm meaningless.

[Ted Denson] is sort of a reluctant leader. He didn't try to flex his influence. He's just eminently followable.

E-governance is the only way to move from good governance to proactive pro-people good governance (P2G2).

So 38% think that Donald Trump's not qualified to be president. How many people thought that about Bill Clinton? Bill Clinton actually did the kind of things Trump is talking about.

A network marketing business is based upon the leaders pulling people up, while a traditional corporate or government business is based upon only promoting a few and keeping the masses of employees content with a steady paycheck.

Donald Trump is as decisive as anybody I've ever met. I just don't see him running around asking various people in his inner circle, "What do you think I ought to do here?" I think he knows what he wants to do, and he seeks support for it or talks to people that oppose him and he may listen to them. But I don't think he's indecisive at all.

People are watching the way we act, more than they are listening to what we say.

Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...'

A leader's role is not to control people or stay on top of things, but rather to guide, energize and excite.

If you lead a public life, people are much more on to you than you think.

If a President must constantly remind the people that we're at war, then we're not.

Clinton's major problem, and the two aren't separable really because there is hope in the country, the hope - - optimism has slipped dramatically, make no mistake about every measurement shows that. But the hope is still there. Hope is with him. People want change. They see him as the best chance for change.

I will be fond of keeping still, and the people will of themselves become correct.

Let's give the president some due here. They had a mess, and he fixed it, and they mobilized a lot of authority, and they did it.

They should rule who are able to rule best.

The best way of leading people is to let them find their own way.

It is amazing how many of the horrors of the 20th century were a result of charismatic quacks misleading millions of people to their own doom. What is even more amazing is that, after a century that saw the likes of Hitler, Lenin and Mao, we still see no need to distrust charisma as a basis for choosing leaders, either in politics or in numerous organizations and movements.