That rule is the better which is exercised over better subjects.
Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.
No government is better than the men who compose it.
Everybody has an idea of the kind of society they'd like to live in, and I would like to live in one where our senior politicians were spirited and original and possibly even good at what they do.
The leader for today and the future will be focused on how to be - how to develop quality, character, mind-set, values, principles, and courage.
Certainly being governor is an important job, and there are quality governors that could serve our country as president and have done so in the past.
I say no body of men are fit to make Presidents, judges and generals, unless they themselves supply the best specimens of the same; and that supplying one or two such specimens illuminates the whole body for a thousand years.
There can be no good character in civil government if there is none in the people. You cannot make a good omelet with bad eggs.
We had a strong relationship with Walter Brown, and felt that he was the best owner in the league.
You got to worry about getting good damn coaches.
The most important ingredient for the success of any company is the quality of its people, starting with its leadership team.
What should be the aim of management? What is their job? Quality is the responsibility of the top people. Its origin is in the boardroom. They are the ones who decide.
Good governance never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate to the will of those who administer that machinery. The most important element of government, therefore, is the method of choosing leaders.
We have too often been tolerant of mediocrity in our leaders, and equally contemptuous of them. It should be exactly the reverse. We should be offering leaders our real respect, and demanding absolutely that they deliver.
You don't need a team leader, you need quality.
If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself.
