Popular Leader Quotes

#1. Never may a man prone to believe scandal be a despot or a popular leader! Under his guidance, democracy itself will be despotism.

Apollonius Of Tyana

#2. To him, I am the cheap pair of sunglasses you buy on vacation because you know you won't care if you break or lose them

Shaun David Hutchinson

#3. Contrary to popular opinion, leaders aren't created out of fame. Fame is just a shadow. When you enter dark times in, it leaves you.

Israelmore Ayivor

#4. It is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law ... that the average citizen is half-witted, and hence not to be trusted to either his own devices or his own thoughts.

H.L. Mencken

#5. We know so very little about this strange planet we live on, this haunted world where all answers lead only to more mystery.

Edward Abbey

#6. I'm a neurotic New York Jew by birth. Creating characters is second nature to me.

Len Wein

#7. Economics is primarily useful, both to the student and to the
political leader, as a prophylactic against popular fallacies.

Henry Calvert Simons

#8. The true leader serves. Serves people. Serves their best interests, and in doing so will not always be popular, may not always impress. But because true leaders are motivated by loving concern than a desire for personal glory, they are willing to pay the price.

Eugene Habecker

#9. I think Americans expect optimism in their leadership. The most popular and effective leaders, whether it was Bill Clinton or Ronald Reagan or Jack Kennedy, brought to it a sense of optimism and possibility.

David Brooks

#10. He stood looking at her. She knew that he did not see her. No, she thought, it was not that exactly. He always looked straight at people and his damnable eyes never missed a thing, it was only that he made people feel as if they did not exist. He just stood looking.

Ayn Rand

#11. A good leader is not necessarily the most popular person in their business, but the best ones are liked because they are respected for their clarity and vision.

Alan Sugar

#12. A leader who always fiercely negotiates most exciting work for his team, may become popular, but not necessarily a great leader.

Bibhuti Kar

#13. In the popular image, a problem-solving leader is a solitary genius, but the true leader prefers to produce a success.

Gerald M. Weinberg

#14. If we hadn't broken every single WHO rule many times over, we would never have defeated samllpox. Never. - Arita, leader of smallpox eradication effort

Laurie Garrett

#15. There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader.

Rudy Giuliani

#16. Lots of leaders want to be popular. I never cared about that. I want to be respected.

Don Shula

#17. The point is, a leader does what he thinks is right, not what he thinks the popular thing is.

Bill Maher

#18. Light is therefore color.

J. M. W. Turner

#19. The deeper one delves, the worse things look for actively managed funds.

William J. Bernstein

#20. Had I just begged for an audience with Death?

Rachel Vincent

#21. If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do.

Bertrand Russell

#22. Enlightenment is, in the end, nothing more than the natural state of being.

Adyashanti

#23. Adolescents tend to be passionate people, and passion is no less real because it is directed toward a hot-rod, a commercialized popular singer, or the leader of a black-jacketed gang.

Edgar Friedenberg

#24. Too many leaders try to do a little bit of 25 things and get nothing done. They are very popular because they always say yes. But they get nothing done.

Peter Drucker

#25. The definition of strong leadership is not about making decisions that are popular. Making popular decisions is easy - you don't need to be a leader to do that. The definition of strong leadership is to make decisions that are unpopular, but are nevertheless sound.

Henry Blodget

#26. Political leaders or governments owe their position partly to force and partly to popular election. They cannot be regarded as representative of best elements, morally or intellectually, in their respective nations.

Albert Einstein

#27. Whoever we were - and it was not really important what religion we belonged to, whether we wished to wear the veil or not, whether we observed certain religious norms or not - we had become the figment of someone else's dreams.

Azar Nafisi

#28. I do need you, because I love you and you make me happy. I can live my life just fine on my own, but it will be so much better if I live it with you.

Shannon Stacey

#29. We think and name in one world, we live and feel in another.

Marcel Proust

#30. Imagine the world we would live in if we dared to see all of life as sacred - unconditionally.

Stephanie Dowrick

#31. Doing the easy thing makes you popular. Doing the hard thing makes you a leader.

Rick Warren

#32. This is why Sonja Lyubomirsky, a leader in the scientific study of well-being, has written that she prefers the phrase "creation or construction of happiness" to the more popular "pursuit," since "research shows that it's in our power to fashion it for ourselves."13

Shawn Achor

#33. I love objectivity when mine.

Brian Spellman

#34. Being a leader can be a lonely job because you are required to make decisions that may not be popular.

Neryl Joyce

#35. Popular culture - above all rock 'n' roll, with its African-American R & B roots - did far more to radicalize us than did any feminist leader.

Camille Paglia