Leader Influence Quotes

Change the leader, change the organization.

Nothing is more odious than the majority, for it consists of a few powerful leaders, a certain number of accommodating scoundrels and submissive weaklings, and a mass of men who trot after them without thinking, or knowing their own minds.

We live in a world where there's a culture of fear, where some leaders have a strong pull on people, which is exactly what Pennywise does.

To keep his servant honest the prince ought to study him, honoring him, enriching him, doing him kindnesses.

When public leaders turn public debates into words of war - 'enemies' 'go to hell' 'attack' - they are enabling the edgiest of their followers to take things into their hands, and unfortunately, some of them do.

You can't build a foreign policy on the presence of an individual [a particular foreign leader].

Part of the task of the leader is to make others participate in his leadership. The best leader knows how to make his followers actually feel power themselves, not merely acknowledge his power.

I always believed him. If Coach K said the sky will be purple when you get outside, I would have believed him.

All leaders are influenced by those they admire. Reading about them and studying their traits inevitably allows an inspiring leader to develop his own leadership traits.

People won't give their best unless their leader challenges them to do so.

Uncertainty in a leader is always magnified in the heart of the follower.

Don't blindly follow any leader.

People, like sheep, tend to follow a leader - occasionally in the right direction.

For conservative leaders, making candidates pay them court, publicly and ostentatiously, is a colossal source of their symbolic power before their followers. It's kabuki theater, mostly.

I believe that leaders should inspire you to be more like them.

The leaders of a party, or those who are so called, have but little sway over their followers, particularly when not in Government, and when they have it not in their power to threaten them with any very serious consequences

I understand what's going on in people's minds, and I think the political leaders better be asking themselves 'why is it, that Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders and maybe even others are having the impact that they are having?'

It is of course very difficult to see relations between America and Iran becoming increasingly tense and knowing that it is not the people of the countries but a subset of leaders and radicals that are causing such strife. I am hoping that the spirit of the people will triumph.

Throughout history the leaders of the countries have been very particular about what songs should be sung. We know the power of songs.

Permanent political parties have been born in this country after, and not before, national campaigns, and they have come from the people, not from the proclamations of individual leaders.

In the military, we can only do so much. The reality of it is if someone... really wants to make an impact on national security and the military as a whole... the person that has the ability to do that most is a knowledgeable civilian leader.

Leadership is influence. To the extent we influence others, we lead them.

The man in charge must concern himself with details. If he does not consider them important, neither will his subordinates.

When you find yourself in a position of leadership, people follow your every move … When the leader talks, people listen. When the leader acts, people watch. So you have to be careful about everything you say and everything you do

Don't fall in love with everything that you may have read and everything that you may have heard from any political leader, including myself.