Effective leadership Quote by Richard M. Nixon

Leadership is Idealism in Action.

— Sathya Sai Baba

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

— Nitin Nohria

Good leadership is pervasive, persuasive, and persistent. Bad leadership is poisoned with pedanticism, posturing, self-importance.

— Marcia Whicker

Idealism loses to pragmatism when it comes to winning elections.

— Danny Strong

Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership.

— Eric Hoffer

The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.

— Eric Hoffer

I'd describe myself as a pragmatist tinged with idealism.

— Vernon A. Walters

Leadership is not for the faint of heart

— Bill Hybels

The most striking thing about highly effective leaders is how little they have in common. What one swears by, another warns against. But one…

— Larry Osborne

Leaders don't rise to the pinnacle of success without developing the right set of attitudes and habits; they make every day a masterpiece.

— John C. Maxwell

Idealism without realism is impotent. Realism without idealism is immoral.

— Richard M. Nixon

“In the Human society, we don’t have sticks. Here, an ideal leader is the person who develops the group and encourages them. It is…

— Steve Peters