#leaders

What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership. ↗

— Bob Iger

#important #leadership #learned #optimism #over

I have for some time urged that a nuclear abolition summit to mark the effective end of the nuclear era be convened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 70th anniversary of the bombings of those cities, with the participation of national leaders and representatives of global civil society. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#anniversary #bombings #cities #civil #civil society

Leadership that exploits and sacrifices young people on the altar of its goals is nothing more than raw, demonic power. Genuine leadership is found in ceaseless efforts to foster young people, to pave the way forward for them. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#ceaseless #demonic #efforts #exploits #forward

Where there is an absence of international political leadership, civil society should step in to fill the gap, providing the energy and vision needed to move the world in a new and better direction. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#better #civil #civil society #direction #energy

One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. ↗

— Arnold H. Glasow

#ability #becomes #before #emergency #leadership

The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond. ↗

— Robert Baden-Powell

#his #leaders #more #patrol #respond

On the other hand, the waging of peace as a science, as an art, is in its infancy. But we can trace its growth, its steady progress, and the time will come when there will be particular individuals designated to assume responsibility for and leadership of this movement. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

#assume #come #designated #growth #hand

The Muslim leaders swallow the advice of the Western powers and bodies like the IMF and World Bank, even when it is bad for their countries and they know this. ↗

— Abu Bakar Bashir

#bad #bank #bodies #countries #even

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#anybody #excuse #expects #higher #higher standard

Business leaders shape public opinion. ↗

— Marvin Bower

#business leaders #leaders #opinion #public #public opinion