Quotes About The Burden Of Leadership

#1. It's a tremendous responsibility to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad. This family has had the burden of leadership on its shoulders for 1,400 years. I'm not going to drop the ball on my shift.

Abdallah II Of Jordan

#2. In the long march of history, at least two poles of attraction and antagonism have been the norm in world politics. Rarely has only one nation carried the burden of leadership. The unipolar world of the 21st century, dominated for the past two decades by the United States, is a historical anomaly.

Eskinder Nega

#3. believed it was better to assume the burden of leadership than to drift along in the shadows.

Robert M. Edsel

#4. That's the burden of leadership, Logan: making the choice when none of the choices are good.

Brent Weeks

#5. He said, one time, that no true leader burdened his followers with a greater load than they could carry, and no true leader sets too fast a pace for his follows to keep up.

Malcolm X

#6. I'm dashed if I know what's going to happen to me. I am the thingummy of what's-its-name." "You look it," said Mike.

P.G. Wodehouse

#7. A life without goal is a ship without rudder!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#8. I am a very independent person, and I, you know, I maintain that independence, but, you know, certain things - I mean, it takes, you know, it's just much easier for other people if other people can help you every now and again.

Sue Townsend

#9. Hatred is a burden that can hunt you day by day, robbing you off your personal joy in broad day light.

Israelmore Ayivor

#10. The objector and the rebel who raises his voice against what he believes to be the injustice of the present and the wrongs of the past is the one who hunches the world along.

Clarence Darrow

#11. American leadership is not simply a matter of going it alone and bearing all of the burden ourselves.

Barack Obama

#12. A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.

Benjamin Disraeli

#13. Leadership involves the heavy burden of responsibility, and the fear of getting it wrong can paralyze a leader.

John C. Maxwell

#14. Unconfessed sin is a terrible, heavy burden to carry. God loves us too much to have unconfessed sin.

Johnny Hunt

#15. A harsh word breaks the heart. A kind word can sooth the savage beast. A word never spoken can bury a burden or save a relationship.

J. Loren Norris

#16. Although leaders and followers are closely linked, it is the leader who often initiates the relationship, creates the communication linkages, and carries the burden for maintaining the relationship.

Peter Northouse

#17. Pakistan's political leadership needs to make a clear choice to fight the Taliban decisively, not with half measures, the burden is on Prime Minister Sharif to show he can unite the country to defend its children.

Bruce Riedel

#18. I will not be able to carry the physical burden of leading the Party at the next general election. I hope it will soon be possible for the customary processes of consultation to be carried on within the Party about its future leadership.

Harold Macmillan

#19. Toss his over," Zoya said. "Break his heart cruelly. I will gladly give our poor prince comfort, and I would make a magnificent queen."
I laughed. "You actually might, Zoya. If you could stop being horrible for a minute."
"With that kind of incentive, I can manage a minute. Possibly two.

Leigh Bardugo

#20. That was sort of like being in someone else's nightmare, only no one was naked and there were no lobsters on the walls.

Seanan McGuire

#21. Increasing America's debt weakens us domestically and internationally . Leadership means that 'the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership.

Barack Obama

#22. You have no idea what hangs in the balance of your decision on what to do with the burden God put in your heart.

Andy Stanley

#23. It is not wise, or even possible, to divorce private behavior from public leadership ... By its very nature, true leadership carries with it the burden of being an example.

Gordon B. Hinckley

#24. It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time.

Kamisese Mara