Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

There are men who, by their sympathetic attractions, carry nations with them, and lead the activity of the human race.

The three most charismatic leaders in this century inflicted more suffering on the human race than almost any trio in history: Hitler, Stalin, and Mao. What matters is not the leader's charisma. What matters is the leader's mission.

Charisma is the ability to influence without logic.

I would rather be a one-term President and do what I believe is right than to be a two-term President at the cost of seeing America become a second-race power and to see this Nation accept the first defeat in its proud 190-year history.

A leader is the man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do, and like it.

The greatest leaders don't rule. They inspire

A Leader is one who ventures and takes the risks of going out ahead to show the way and whom others follow, voluntarily, because they are persuaded that the leader's path is the right one-for them, probably better than they could devise for themselves.

If you can't energize others, you can't be a leader.

To be a leader means to be able to move masses

A great politician has great charisma.

Humor is a marvelous communications tool, as Reagan has demonstrated so well. He has weathered many a storm that others might not have. With Reagan, people just say, 'There he goes again.' A sense of humor allows a president to back off a little from the tensions of the moment and take a calmer view of things.

Speaking passionately from the very center of who you are is compelling, forceful, persuasive: that’s what leadership sounds like.

Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.

A good leader gets people to follow him because they want to, not because he makes them.

Effective leadership is about earning respect, and it's also about personality and charisma

It's often said that leadership is the art of getting people to do what you want, and making them think it's what they want. This captures a lot of what Abraham Lincoln did.

To command, you must first of all speak to the eyes.

I'm sometimes described as a flamboyant leader and a hip-shooter, a fly-by-the-seat-of-the-pants operator. But if that were true, I could never have been successful in this business.

A person who has during all time maintained the imposing position of spiritual head of four-fifths of the human race, and political head of the whole of it, must be granted the possession of executive abilities of the loftiest order.

It's entirely to do with personality, I think. There are good directors who talk a lot, bad directors who talk a lot, and good directors who don't say much and vice-versa. It just depends on whether people respond to that personality and whether people have a willingness to do something for them.

The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers.

[Ted Denson] is sort of a reluctant leader. He didn't try to flex his influence. He's just eminently followable.

A great leader has brains, vision, soul, values and a heart.

Donald Trump is a strong leader.

You have achieved excellence as a leader when people will follow you anywhere if only out of curiosity.