"In real life, the most practical advice for……" — James MacGregor Burns
"In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like persons."
—
James MacGregor Burns
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
12 Quotes by James MacGregor Burns
James MacGregor Burns has 12 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
To elevate the goals of humankind, to achieve high moral purpose, to realize major intended change, leaders must thrust themselves…
-
Woodrow Wilson called for leaders who, by boldly interpreting the nation's conscience, could lift a people out of their everyday…
-
Divorced from ethics, leadership is reduced to management and politics to mere technique.
-
A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.
-
Leaders are not pale reflectors of major social conflicts; they play up some, play down others, ignore still others.
-
Those who remember only that the Roosevelts served hot dogs to the royals will be fascinated by this well-researched account…
-
Leadership is one of the most observed and least understood phenomena on earth.
-
Such leadership occurs when one or more persons engage with others in such a way that leaders and followers raise…
-
The ultimate test of practical leadership is the realization of intended, real change that meets people's enduring needs.
-
Leadership, in short, is power governed by principle, directed toward raising people to their highest levels of personal motive and…
-
Let us face reality. The framers (of the Constitution) have simply been too shrewd for us. They have outwitted us.…
See all 12 quotes by James MacGregor Burns »
More Advice Quotes
This quote is filed under Advice Quotes,
one of 5,149 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
— Arthur Ashe
-
Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.
— Lucius Accius
-
If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.
— Norman Ralph Augustine
-
Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man;…
— Marcus Aurelius
-
Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
— Marcus Aurelius
-
To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.
— Sri Aurobindo
-
If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they…
— Teresa of Avila
-
It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.
— Roger Babson
-
He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but…
— Francis Bacon
-
The worst men often give the best advice.
— Francis Bacon
-
Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
— Francis Bacon
-
There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there…
— Francis Bacon
See all 5,149 Advice Quotes »