Hope Quote by J. Oswald Sanders

What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.

— Bob Iger

Optimism is the ultimate definition of a leader. A leader has to look optimistically at what is ahead while not ignoring the challenges that…

— Linda McMahon

Pessimism is a losing strategy. Leadership demands both confidence and optimism in abundance.

— Toyotomi Hideyoshi

No leader can create sustainable, significant change without a reservoir of good will. Without that, you always tend to compromise with failure.

— Warren G. Bennis

Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.

— John Ortberg

Great leaders are pragmatists who can deal with difficult realities but still have the optimism and courage to act.

— Nitin Nohria

Hope without a strategy doesn’t generate leadership. Leadership comes when your hope and your optimism are matched with a concrete vision of the future…

— Seth

Optimism is infectious, and opportunity irresistible. Progress follows progress. Someone, even government, just has to get it started.

— Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Leaders deal in hope.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Leadership is about uncertainty. Deal with it

— Andy Stanley

I think Americans expect optimism in their leadership. The most popular and effective leaders, whether it was Bill Clinton or Ronald Reagan or Jack…

— David Brooks

It is in times of crisis that good leaders emerge.

— Rudy Giuliani