Mario Cuomo Quotes

The world isn't one way or another. Things can be changed very, very rapidly by someone with sufficient confidence, sufficient knowledge and sufficient authority.

High office—whether elected, appointed, or simply taken—comes with power. But that is not a sufficient precondition for success. Among the world’s hundreds …, only a few really stand out for the risks that they have taken and the changes they have made

Some talk change. Others cause it..

Courage breeds leadership.

Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.

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

If you want change, you have to offer change.

Right wins only when we dare and act.

If you want to change things, it requires bravery.

So much of starting a business or affecting change is the confidence and courage to simply try.

Everything begins with the resolve to take the first step. From that action, wisdom arises and change begins. Without action, nothing changes.

Courage is essential to leadership.

Boldness and decision command, often even in evil, the respect and concurrence of mankind.

It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

It has been my honor to support and work with President Barack Obama, a man who has brought courage and character to the presidency. President Obama's strength of character leads him to do the right thing, even when it isn't the easy thing.

People don't follow titles, they follow courage.

Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk, and to act.

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

For me, leadership is making a difference. It's using your agency to bring about change.

President Barack Obama is a doer. And we in America will do big things with him.

My friends, history, history calls us to this time and to this place. A solemn choice rests with us - where do we go from here? Do we move slowly and incrementally? Or do we seize the challenge of our time and tackle the great issues of our day.

Courage is always the surest wisdom.

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.

There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.

The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face.