#leaders

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#appreciate #behind #better #celebrate #danger

I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#combine #continent #deserts #dream #efforts

In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#brains #countries #dying #following #innocent

Denmark needs change, Denmark needs to move on and Denmark needs my leadership. ↗

— Helle Thorning-Schmidt

#denmark #leadership #move #move on #needs

I feel fantastically excited that we have a leader who fought for the leadership without compromising his quite challenging view that the party has to change. ↗

— Francis Maude

#change #compromising #excited #fantastically #feel

People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision. ↗

— John C. Maxwell

#before #buy #into #leader #people

Of course, Third World leaders love you. By ascribing third world ills to First World sins, you absolve them of blame for their countries' failure to advance. ↗

— John McCarthy

#advance #blame #countries #course #failure

The American people, in their own families, they understand that you have to do that. You have to make the tough decisions. You have to get your budget. You have got to put it in order. And they expect their elected officials and their leaders to do likewise. ↗

— Cathy McMorris

#american people #budget #decisions #elected #elected officials

The biggest novelty of 2013 will be new leadership in China. Very little is known about the views of the new leaders - who will rule the country for ten years. But we do know they're the first generation of Chinese leaders who have spent the majority of their lives in a China 'opening up' to the rest of the world. ↗

— David Miliband

#biggest #china #chinese #country #first

And, of course, the fact that Maurice Strong, a Canadian, was in charge made it important for us to pull up our socks and become leaders in this field. Now, here is a field we should be a leader in! ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#canadian #charge #course #fact #field