Pastoral Resources

The U.S. used to be perceived as the moral leader of the world, and we have absolutely lost that.

By providing outstanding economic leadership, this country can wage its attack successfully - and can thereby build the foundations of a peaceful world.

From a parent's right to know what their children are doing, to protecting citizens across the country from the growing threat of gang violence, the House Democrat leadership is simply out to lunch.

Democrat leaders are not only out of the American mainstream, but are also out of the Democratic mainstream.

The trust of the people in the leaders reflects the confidence of the leaders in the people.

The American people expect and deserve a government that works and leaders who work together.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.

Polling is merely an instrument for gauging public opinion. When a president or any other leader pays attention to poll results, he is, in effect, paying attention to the views of the people. Any other interpretation is nonsense.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.

Stories are the single most powerful tool in a leader's toolkit.

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.

A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.

A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.

I can't say I have control over my emotions; I don't know my mind. I'm lost like everyone else. I'm certainly not a leader.