Abraham Lincoln Quotes

When I have failed as an actor I've always thought it was my fault. But when I direct something, I wouldn't want the actors to think it was their fault.

A leader who does not hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

I am always the one who is responsible for anything bad that happens in Indian cricket. Everything that happens is because of me.

Being chief selector has been the most challenging role of my cricket career, as I was heavily criticised for my decisions, and I couldn't respond much.

When you're a leader and a manager, you have to make decisions which are right for your group to achieve the primary objective. Sometimes those decisions will be criticised.

When you play quarterback and the offense doesn't play well, a lot of that is because of the quarterback. You're going to receive the criticism.

Presidents, whether things are good or bad, get the blame. I understand that.

Richard Clarke had plenty of opportunities to tell us, in the administration, that he thought the war on terrorism was moving in the wrong direction and he chose not to.

It's so much easier to throw rocks than it is to govern.

Let them police themselves, and then it goes another step past them to my coaches and there a coach that is responsible for a different area and different category on the field.

An artist is his own fault.

I don't like the blame game, though.

I have always told my subordinates that when they commit any mistakes, the blame must be laid on the superior officers.

I accept that responsibility and ask only that I be judged by my performance as its chief executive.

I blame myself more so because I hung a curve. If you want to point a finger, point it at me.

It’s very difficult to come to grips with how we screwed this up, but we screwed this up.

A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

None are so ready to find fault with others as those who do things worthy of blame themselves.

I knew there was going to be pressure on me with the captaincy. I knew people would be writing about my performances more than anyone else's, but that's not a problem because I have my dad telling me about my performance every single game, and he is my biggest critic.

It takes time for people to understand how to hold leaders accountable.

I've worked under a lot of managers, whether it's the national team or at St Mirren and everyone has their moments. I think it is important, you can't just let things pass if they are not good enough.

You can't keep losing and say nothing in the dressing room.

When everything goes well, they say good things about the manager and when something is wrong it is normal as well the manager gets pressure.

When they say I'm a bad teammate and that I got a coach fired, that irritates the hell out of me. The biggest thing for me is to always have respect for my teammates. And then the whole Westphal thing - the man got himself fired. He was losing before I got here.

In the earlier days of history, kings and leaders went to the battlefield with their men; but today, those who determine that a nation will go to war remain safely behind. The next time leaders talk of warring, all the people should get together and send those leaders to the front lines. Give them a big arena with wonderfully effective ammunition, and the war will be finished in a day