Rudy Giuliani Quotes

Leaders need to be optimists.

I always admired Walt's optimism. He seemed to know the direction he was going to. When I was at the studio, I remember he kept driving all of us back down to a more fundamental level all the time.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

I don't think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy.

The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; in enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not abandon it to his enemy.

A leader not only has to be in the center but also be in the future.

Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today.

You have to be sort of an emotional steward to really get a business to do something hard - to take people up the hill, to conquer the mountain, to sack the city. You have got to be a maniac.

Leaders don't look behind; they don't look to the side - they look ahead.

Leaders have to be dealers in hope.

I've not been afraid to take risks, be resolute and passionate about purpose, and inspire people to do things that maybe they thought weren't possible.

You've got to be success minded. You've got to feel that things are coming your way when you're out selling; otherwise, you won't be able to sell anything.

What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.

I'm an optimistic guy. I'm one of those big dreamers. I'm one of those kids with that annoying imagination.

Enthusiasm will steady the heart and strengthen the will; it will give force to the thought and nerve to the hand until what was only a possibility becomes a reality.

Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

Follow the fellow who follows a dream.

The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.

Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be.

America is hungry for people who believe in something.

Because I would just tell everyone it was going to be great and just put that belief in them.

But if the vision is strong enough, and your goals are steady, and you believe, pretty soon you bring other people with you.

Foresight has been a distinguishing characteristic of all truly great political, religious, and social betterment leaders.

Leadership matters most, and optimism and unity comes from the leader.

Leadership is the willingness to put oneself at risk…. Leadership is seeing the possibilities in a situation while others are seeing the limitations…. Leadership is evoking in others the capacity to dream.