Donald Rumsfeld Quotes

Well, I think that - I think leadership's always been about two main things: imagination and courage.

We've got to stop pandering and start leading.

I am a tough minister.

Boldness becomes rarer, the higher the rank.

I took a gamble to exercise leadership without losing my feminine nature.

The first quality that is needed is audacity.

Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness.

Guys need to know when to take charge.

We will not duck the tough issues, we will lead.

If I'm going to be a leader then I have to go places that other people are afraid to go to. That's what makes a leader. To be not afraid to step out and go over the frontline. To stare darkness right in the face.

In civil business; what first? Boldness; what second and third? boldness.

The important thing is the boldness of the President. He will lead opinion and not follow it. He does not want war but will not shrink from it.

A real leader does not rely on consensus. He builds consensus.

A leader with no doubts leads badly.

When it comes to making tough decisions, I'm ready to make them.

I know what to do to go for it and just take the game in my hands.

We need to come out and assert ourselves on both sides of the court.

I've always been ballsy. My dad is a blunt northerner, and maybe I've got a bit of that in me. I just kind of steam ahead.

My instinct is to say it as I see it, being a little bit edgy and showing leadership on policy issues.

I have never been afraid of being in charge, whether I have been coach, manager or caretaker.

Great empires are not maintained by timidity.

It is only through timidity that states are lost.

Power is given only to him who dares to stoop and take it ... one must have the courage to dare.

One of the things I preach to all my staff is never be frightened to make a decision.

Courage and confidence are what decision making is all about.