Quotes About Leadership Ronald Reagan

#1. Radio was theater of the mind.

Ronald Reagan

#2. The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

Ronald Reagan

#3. Morality in the long run aligned with strategy.

Ronald Reagan

#4. Ronald Reagan?wasn't without leadership ability, but he lacked most of the management skills that a President needs. But let me give him his due: he would have made a hell of a king.

Tip O'Neill

#5. Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines.

Ronald Reagan

#6. 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

#7. Ronald Reagan was just as angry. But he made you want to stand right alongside him and shake your fist at the same things he was shaking his fist at.

Rick Perlstein

#8. I love you enough not to care if you hate me.

Kelly Harman

#9. It was leadership here at home that gave us strong American influence abroad, and the collapse of imperial Communism. Great nations have responsibilities to lead, and we should always be cautious of those who would lower our profile, because they might just wind up lowering our flag.

Ronald Reagan

#10. I was not a great communicator, but I communicated great things.

Ronald Reagan

#11. I'm not an alcoholic - I don't have the discipline to become one - but,

Matthew Norman

#12. Success will require the studied lack of sophistication of a Ronald Reagan and the casual dishonesty of an FDR. The president must appear to be not very bright yet be able to lie convincingly.

George Friedman

#13. Culture? As Lesslie Newbigin poses the question, Can one who goes the way of the Cross sit in the seat of Pilate when it falls vacant?

Philip Yancey

#14. I discovered that night (in his college's student politics) that an audience has a feel to it, and, in the parlance of the theater, that audience and I were together.

Ronald Reagan

#15. The charismatic portrait of the modern leadership looks nothing like Fidel Castro. It is a faceless portrait that epitomizes the toughness of Ronald Reagan, Nelson Mandela's charisma, and the most compassionate heart of Mother Theresa.

Anthony Obi Ogbo

#16. The national Democratic leadership is going so far left, they've left America. Don't let them bury the American dream in their graveyard of gloom and envy.

Ronald Reagan

#17. He was less like a tree of knowledge and more like a bush of opinions." From the book "The Sellout

Paul Beatty

#18. The grand instructor, time.

Edmund Burke

#19. Whenever you smile, whenever you care, whenever you love, whenever you share, your spirit will dance with joy because happiness is there.

Debasish Mridha

#20. Ronald Reagan has held the two most demeaning jobs in the country; President of the United States and radio broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs.

George Will

#21. When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat.

Ronald Reagan

#22. I've got The Father on my side, Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit and
2/3 of the angels. What do you think I'm going to do? Sit down
and cry?

Leonard Ravenhill

#23. America has lost an icon. Ronald Reagan's leadership will inspire Americans for generations to come. His patriotism and devotion to our country will never be forgotten.

Tom Daschle

#24. To grasp and hold a vision, that is the very essence of successful leadership-not only on the movie set where I learned it, but everywhere.

Ronald Reagan

#25. Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out.

Ronald Reagan

#26. Imagination can help you reach into the heavens to grasp an idea, bring it down to earth, and make it work.

Walter Farley

#27. Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way

Ronald Reagan

#28. To have a healthy and thriving business, there must be healthy relationships with the C.E.O.S. in the organization and I'm not referring to the Chief Executive Offficers. I am talking about the Customers, the Employees, the Owner (or stockholders), and the Suppliers.

James Hunter

#29. Don't get any funny ideas
When all is said and done, you're still artificial (a thing) ... Not human. Don't make the mistake of falling in love with one.

Shungiku Nakamura

#30. I can live with my own mistakes. I can't live with anybody else's.

Victoria Beckham

#31. We're looking forward to a great season at the University of California - if we find a way to put cleats on their sandals.

Ronald Reagan

#32. Dreams are essential to life.

Anais Nin

#33. Courage is knowing that you're beaten and forging ahead anyway.

Zach Wahls