Steve Hilton Quotes

You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles. Other people can cope with the waves, it's his job to watch the tide.

Most of the good executives do pretty well. Because to be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage.

Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

There are so many different ways to lead. The most important thing is to be genuine. To have people around you trust you, trust in what you stand for and who you are. And I think that if people watch you day in and day out and believe in your motives and they believe that you set a high standard for yourself.

In managers, I look for people who can get things done through other people. The most important thing for a good manager is that the people on his team feel like he or she has integrity.

Character is the single most important thing the voter considers when voting for the presidency.

Organization can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgment.

The most important attribute of leadership is to trust yourself and believe in your own thinking.

The most important man in the room is the one who knows what to do next.

It's often said that the most important qualities in a chief executive are character and judgment.

That's the true meaning of being a leader: being able to deal with the consequences and take the responsibility for it. That's who I want to be.

Never trust the judgment of an enthusiastic man; never trust the promises of a lazy one.

A presidential debate is a job interview. And voters look for certain traits in people applying to be president.

All these boundaries - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, America - are set by men. But you don't have to look at boundaries when you are looking at a man - at the character of a man. The question is: What do you stand for? Are you a follower, or are you a leader?

Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.

I don't see a candidate on the scene right now, but it is going to have to be a candidate that people can look at as a leader and not as a man or a woman.

The greatest presidents have been those who demonstrated astute judgment in times of crisis - often despite the advice they were getting.

A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.

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

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

Leadership can not be measured in a poll or even in the result of an election. It can only be truly seen with the benefit of time. From the perspective of 20 years, not 20 days.

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

We need a president with tremendous intelligence, smarts, cunning, strength and stamina.

Initiative is doing the right things without being told.