Geronimo Quotes

In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.

We have got to stop worrying about being loved and start worrying about being respected. And that's exactly how I'll lead our country.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten', he does not say 'My men were beaten.'

The ruler will be interrogated not only about his own unjust deeds but also about those of his staff

America's promises do not come with a price tag. We meet our commitments. We bear our burdens. That's one of the reasons why almost every country on Earth sees America as stronger and more respected today than they did eight years ago when I took office.

I take my responsibilities to this House very seriously.

I've got no interest in justifying myself to a player of mine.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

Character in leadership is the most important balance for leadership. Without character, leaders have no safety. Leadership has no protection without character.

We are all equal on this floor, and a senator must keep his word.

My father was a Tuskegee Airmen captain in the Air Force and a very strong personality. He believed in fairness and ethics and living up to the commitments you make to others. He ultimately became a judge, and he would talk to me over and over about how important it is to be fair.

What is the use being a big man if you are wrong?

We can't allow our leaders to play the old 'do as I say, not as I do' game.

I'm eternally grateful to fate and the citizens of Russia that they've trusted me to be the head of the Russian government.

I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

To be honest, the fact that people trust you gives you a lot of power over people. Having another person's trust is more powerful than all other management techniques put together.

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

The cost of leadership is self-interest.

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

It is up to you to decide who to believe: the same people as usual or those who endanger their lives to save the country.

I will be the president of the nation who keeps pledges.

As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.

I have loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile.