Quotation by

Daisaku Ikeda

Where there is an absence of international political leadership, civil society should step in to fill the gap, providing the energy and vision needed to move the world in a new and better direction.

Daisaku Ikeda

Leadership

Understanding this quote AI Analysis

When governments and global leaders fail to guide the world effectively, ordinary people and community groups must take responsibility to inspire change. These groups can offer fresh ideas and motivation to help improve international cooperation and progress.

More by this author

All quotes by Daisaku Ikeda →

More quotes about Leadership

See all →

When a man assumes leadership, he forfeits the right to mercy.

The art of leadership... consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will split up that attention.

Leadership must be established from the top down.

Organizations endure, however, in proportion to the breadth of the morality by which they are governed. Thus the endurance of organization depends upon the quality of leadership and that quality deri…

Leadership has become a heavy industry. Concern and interest about leadership development is no longer an American phenomenon. It is truly global. Though I will probably be in less demand, I wanted t…

Why - because as a oil and gas small business owner - I know if someone is not doing their job, they should not get paid. Again leadership by example.