#great leaders

Very few of the great leaders ever get through their careers without failing, sometimes dramatically. ↗

— Phil Crosby

#dramatically #ever #failing #few #get

All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing. ↗

— Moliere

#blunders #books #dancing #failures #fill

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand. ↗

— Colin Powell

#always #argument #cut #debate #doubt

It is proclaimed by the great leaders of that party, by its political conventions, by its ministers of the Gospel, and by every other means they have of giving currency and importance to the declaration, that it is its mission to abolish slavery in the Union. ↗

— John H. Reagan

#conventions #currency #declaration #every #giving