Peter Cosgrove Quotes

15 quotes in 343 categories

• But it is my total conviction that all the trappings of good leadership are generic and widely applicable whether you are standing in a khaki…
• It's instructive to consider the more spectacular and well-known falls from grace of leaders in the public eye... In the main, the issues behind these…
• Let's start therefore with a universal truth: leaders are fundamentally accountable.
• Leaders who fail to appreciate this fundamental precept of accountability must also fail to muster the profound commitment true leadership demands.
• We want our leaders to be fair dinkum, as much among us as above us.
• Communication is the conduit of leadership from the Prime Minister down to the leading hand of a small group of council workers fixing the roads.…
• I must say that part of our national wealth is not only the nation's people but those people who lead them.
• In business, integrity is just as important as in any of the great public offices... but I believe one of the first and fundamental obligations…
• We all of us have a reputation, something we are known for, and sometimes it may be different from what we would like to be…
• I saw one of my primary tasks was to do what I could to restore confidence, to ensure that people knew and cared about their…
• But the people of the disaster area fundamentally needed to understand that the rest of Australia had noticed their misery and their stoicism and their…
• Our vision is to look through the eyes of our kids. We are a lucky, peaceful nation. We are an unselfish people. That's one of…
• They (the youth of Australia) are out there clamouring in all forms of voice, and they are not so much hedging us older Australians aside…
• Older people often mistakenly consider that the young people do not care about their country, but the reverse is actually true.
• Oh, fatherhood has a very humanising effect on a bloke like me in the military. As a dad, you become absolutely aware of your own…

Browse Peter Cosgrove Quotes by Category