Cyril Ramaphosa Quotes

Real Leaders don't spread derision and division.

If you want to be a great leader, remember to treat all people with respect at all times. For one, because you never know when you'll need their help. And two, because it's a sign you respect people, which all great leaders do.

I admire President Obama's class and measure.

One piece of advice that always stuck in my mind is that people should be respected and trusted as people, not because of their position or title.

The person I liked the best was Gerald R. Ford. He was the most decent man in politics I ever had any relationships with.

As a queen, I speak about unity and respect. I think that is the most important thing.

Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.

Like you do about Nelson Mandela, you can't help feeling the guy's a good man.

I spent a lot of time with President Mandela supporting his efforts in the peace process in Burundi. The thing that impressed me the most was his humility.

Great leadership can be a difficult thing to pin down and understand. You know a great leader when you're working for one, but even they can have a hard time articulating what it is that makes their leadership so effective.

If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.

I have seen humility in many of the finest leaders I have met the world over. And indeed, it is embodied in the warm, engaging and quintessentially successful spirit of Sir Richard Branson.

I have a treasure trove of Baker memories, all of which reinforce my sense of Howard Baker as one of the most decent people with whom I have worked. While I was simply a young staffer, he never treated me or my colleagues as anything else but equals.

Leaders lead. They don't divide; they don't create a climate that is poisonous.

If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

As I look at President Bush, I think he will ultimately be judged as a man of extremely high character.

Servant leadership is the foundation and the secret of Sam Walton's ability to achieve team synergy.

As a leader, you need to care deeply, deeply about your people while not worrying or really even caring about what they think about you. Managing by trying to be liked is the path to ruin.

Leadership is not manifested by coercion, even against the resented. Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods.

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

You don't eat before your troops eat, and you don't ask your troops to do anything you won't do, too.

Since the shock of former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan's death, I have been reflecting on what made him so special. To my mind, it is simply this: Kofi Annan was both one of a kind and one of us.

Mandela did go to prison, and he went in there as a burning revolutionary. But look what came out. Mandela let us down.

You've all seen over the last eight years what President Obama means to this country. He is the embodiment of honor, resolve, and character - one of the finest presidents we have ever had.

I try to treat players as I would like to be treated myself.