“The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.”
More from Henry Kissinger on Leadership
“The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.”
“It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it.”
“Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God”
“A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.”
Others on Leadership
John Maxwell
12 quotes“How to prepare someone for leadership:I do it.I do it and you watch.You do it and I watch.You do it.You do it and someon...”
Niccolò Machiavelli
10 quotes“A prince need take little account of conspiracies if the people are disposed in his favor.”
Simon Sinek
9 quotes“Like a good parent can't also be his child's best friend, a leader with authority requires some separation from subordin...”
Lao Tzu
5 quotes“If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind.”
Eisenhower
5 quotes“Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.”
Harry Truman
5 quotes“Not all readers become leaders, but all leaders must be readers.”
Peter F. Drucker
4 quotes“Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.”
Charles de Gaulle
4 quotes“Deliberation is the work of many men. Action of one alone.”
Colin Powell
4 quotes“I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.”
George Patton
3 quotes“Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads th...”
Woodrow Wilson
3 quotes“We can afford to exercise the self-restraint of a really great nation which realizes its own strength and scorns to misu...”
Nelson Mandela
3 quotes“Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.”