Andrew Jackson Quotes

One man with courage is a majority.

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything.

The human race is a race of cowards. I am not only marching with them but am carrying the banner.

Great men don't 'move to the center' — great men move the center!

Usually, the leaders appear in the moment of the highest stress, when it is time, speaking symbolically, to go to the barricades. Then people, clever, capable, but focused on their own tasks, will leave their immediate occupations and go to the barricades, because there is nowhere to hide.

Leadership is about doing the right thing, even if it going against a vast number of naysayers and mediocre people.

There comes a time when you have to stand up and be counted.

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.

In order to implement your convictions you must win.

Delegate to others who have strengths where you don't. But sometimes, you just need to be the one to drive the change when everyone else is waiting for someone else to take the first step. To me, that's courage in action.

Courage breeds leadership.

If you want to change things, it requires bravery.

Courage is essential to leadership.

It is not easy to stand up against your constituents or your friends or colleagues or your community and take a tough stand for something you believe is right. Because you always want to keep working and live to fight another battle and it might cost you your career.

Everyone has power. But it doesn't help if you don't use it.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

Good men who exercise power are really the most fascinating of all people.

I stand up to people.

Anytime you're the first to speak out against something, there's going to be a backlash.

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

I think that everyone has the power to make a change in the world.

If you are going to make a change, make it big and bold. Walk up to the biggest guy on the block, stand in his face and get it started. Then go around, brigade by brigade, making it make sense.

Kids really have a lot more power than they think they have. They have the power to change the world. And they should know it.

You should have certainty in what you do. Anyone who has done anything in this world was hated. If you're not hated, you've done nothing.

Power is the ability to get things done.