Trenton Lee Stewart Quotes

Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd.

Leaders often find themselves temporarily alone.

When you're the boss, you have no one else to turn to.

Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone, accept everything alone.

One of the sad truths about leadership is that, the higher up the ladder you travel, the less you know.

It is true that when you're in the White House alone, it is a lonely place. Big and lonely.

As captain, you take a little bit more on board than probably just being a player.

The presidency is probably the loneliest office in America. Regardless of your friends, regardless of how good your marriage is, regardless of anything, you are alone there at the top.

People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.

The leader is always alone before bad fates.

Leadership involves the heavy burden of responsibility, and the fear of getting it wrong can paralyze a leader.

One thing that somebody told me is that leadership is a lonely role - some people can do it, and some people can't.

Somebody has to take responsibility for being a leader.

When you are captain, you are never speaking for yourself.

Gotta watch out for directors.

If you're a quarterback, you want everything on your shoulders. You want to be the one to make the decisions.

Leadership is about vision and responsibility, not power.

I always liked the idea of leadership and being a captain.

You know, one of the things I think you understand as president is you're held responsible for everything, but you don't always have control of everything, right?

Managing can be more discouraging than playing, especially when you're losing because when you're a player, there are at least individual goals you can shoot for. When you're a manager all the worries of the team become your worries.

Directors never give you anything.

But I just think as a captain, everybody's different.

Being president is like running a cemetery: you've got a lot of people under you and nobody's listening.

There is only one way to respond to the issue of leadership and that is to lead.

Do you think it’s wise, darling? You know you’ve got to rule this afternoon.