Leadership Charisma Quotes & Sayings

They (the media) found little quality of depth to him, that when she said on the platform with that which he said to them in private. The qualities of introspection and reflectiveness that they particularly treasured were missing. — David Halberstam

Inspiring leadership communication is not about great oratory or great charisma; rather it is about getting others to believe in themselves and believe in your cause, and then achieve more than they thought was possible. — Kevin Murray

Charisma on stage is not necessarily evidence of the Holy Spirit. — Andy Stanley

Leadership is a word people use to reconcile any kind of charisma that was impossible to otherwise explain. — Chuck Klosterman

Everything interested him and everything excited him. — Barbara W. Tuchman

While JFK had made the sale on a political level, he had not yet completed it on an emotional one. — David Pietrusza

When you put together deep knowledge about a subject that intensely matters to you, charisma happens. You gain courage to share your passion, and when you do that, folks follow. — Jerry Porras

You have to imprint your own style. People like authentic personalities. — Dexter Hawk

Lincoln was a master of small group theatrics. — Richard Brookhiser

I have the charisma of the chipmunk. I never have thought I was smart. I thought the people I dealt with were dumb. — Hyman George Rickover

(Lyndon) Johnson created his own theater. — Robert A. Caro

There are a very few consistent, common threads among the most successful NFL quarterbacks. Most of them are intangibles, which you can't measure with a physical test. You need leadership ability, competitiveness, drive, and will. You need focus, poise, and charisma. — Drew Brees

Effective leadership is about earning respect, and it's also about personality and charisma — Alan Sugar

The essential difference with Builders is that they've found something to do that matters to them and are therefore so passionately engaged, they rise above the personality baggage that would otherwise hold them down. Whatever they are doing has so much meaning to them that the cause itself provides charisma and they plug into it as if it was electrical current. — Jerry Porras

If soldiers are punished before they have grown attached to you, they will not prove submissive;
and, unless submissive, then will be practically useless. If, when the soldiers have become attached
to you, punishments are not enforced, they will still be unless. — Sun Tzu

Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it. — Jon Meacham

Even in a hostile press conference with hostile questions there was drama, and he could benefit from the drama and the hostility. He mastered the greatest art of television, appearing to be spontaneous without in fact being spontaneous. — David Halberstam

Rapport is the link between meeting and communicating. — Nicholas Boothman

Politics is motion." John Sears — Rick Perlstein

Disequilibrium is often instigated by the will to power, a sleepless drive in the human personality to control others, to force them to do what one wants, or not to do what one opposes. — Ron Suskind

I can see that spark coming back when he talks about the future. — H.W. Brands

His was a quiet but persistent charisma. — H.W. Brands

He couldn't be a doctor, or he would have a quieter and more persuasive manner. — Charles Dickens

The basis of intimidation as I practiced it was mystery. I wanted the hitter to know nothing about me. — Bob Gibson

He knows that in leadership cleverness is not as important as content, that charisma and dash are not as vital as character and doctrine. — Neal A. Maxwell

Seward would inspire a cow with statesmanship if she understood our language. — Henry Adams

Charisma often flows from total self-confidence. — Peter Heather

He was always acting, always enveloping himself in artificiality, perhaps to conceal the volcano within. — Barbara W. Tuchman

When an actor reaches down into his emotional well and pulls up a deeply personal response, the audience can sense something special is going on. They may not know exactly what they're seeing, but they recognize it as authentic. — Martin Sheen

He was the rarest of things, a Republican with sex appeal. — David Halberstam

A strange feeling: as if filaments trailed from Arin's body. A thousand fishing lines snagging attention. Here and there. Little tugs. People caught on the lines. The way sometimes people couldn't look him in the eye, and when they did they become fish trying to breath air.
He wished it weren't like that.
He knew it would be necessary. — Marie Rutkoski

Virtue should always be colmingled with humor. — Patrick O'Brian

Leadership is not about having the charisma or speaking inspirational words, but about leading with example. — Zainab Salbi

On a potential husband, All I ask is someone with a little imagination, but they are hard to find. — Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

All professions have some element of theater to them. — David Halberstam

Over time, is it easier or harder to sustain your influence within your organization? With charisma alone, influence becomes increasingly more difficult to sustain. With character, as time passes, influence builds and requires less work to sustain. — John C. Maxwell

The ideal politician is an ordinary representative of his class with extraordinary abilities. — Rick Perlstein

Leadership is not about personality, possessions, or charisma, but all about who you are as a person. I used to believe that leadership was about style but now I know that leadership is about substance, namely character. — James Hunter

Teddy Roosevelt "had relished "every hour" of every day as president. Indeed, (he was) fearing the "dull thud" he would experience upon returning to private life. — Doris Kearns Goodwin

A century is about events. A decade is about people. — George Friedman

The charismatic portrait of the modern leadership looks nothing like Fidel Castro. It is a faceless portrait that epitomizes the toughness of Ronald Reagan, Nelson Mandela's charisma, and the most compassionate heart of Mother Theresa. — Anthony Obi Ogbo

Read The Charisma Factor - How to Develop Your Natural Leadership Ability by Robert J. Richardson and S. Katharine Thayer. It is a superb book for any aspiring leader, or a current one, who seeks to advance to the next level. 195. — Robin S. Sharma

Much of the outward business of kingship came naturally. — Dan Jones

The few individuals who are capable of spontaneous and joyous effort stand out. These are the select men, the nobles, the only ones who are active and not merely reactive, for whom life is a perpetual striving, an incessant course of training. — Ortega Y Gasset, Jose

No one is charismatic. Someone becomes charismatic in history, socially. The question for me is once again the problem of humility. If the leader discovers that he is becoming charismatic not because of his or her qualities but because mainly he or she is being able to express the expectations of a great mass of people, then he or she is much more of a translator of the aspirations and dreams of the people, instead of being the creator of the dreams. In expressing the dreams, he or she is recreating these dreams. If he or she is humble, I think that the danger of power would diminish. — Myles Horton

Great romantics are granted lots of slack. — Pat Conroy

Because their example is powerful, they're somewhat responsible for the weaklings who copy them. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Jack had an actor's control." Chuck Spalding — David Pietrusza

Charisma can be as much a liability as an asset, as the strength of your leadership personality can deter people from bringing you the brutal facts. — James C. Collins