Leader Quotes

• You may have noticed that society is rapidly going downhill. Inflation, lack of fuel and even war cast deep shadows over the world. And the most serious part of this is that drugs, both medical and street drugs, have disabled a majority of those who could have handled it, including the political leaders, and have even paralyzed the coming generations.

  

  L. Ron Hubbard
  • World
  • May
  • War

• People eyeing you as a potential leader tend to ask three questions: Are you committed? Do you care about me? Can I trust you?

  

  Lou Holtz
  • People
  • Trust
  • Care

• The thing about grown ups is that they're always wanting you to be this Great Hero and Leader. What's wrong with being NORMAL, for Thor's sake? What's wrong with just being SO-SO at stuff? They're just totally unrealistic.

  

  Cressida Cowell
  • Wanting
  • Grownups
  • Great Hero

• I'm an independent thinker and independent leader. I have been my whole life.

  

  J. B. Pritzker
  • Life
  • Independent
  • Leader

• A great leader also has the ability to make people an inch taller in his presence.

  

  N. R. Narayana Murthy
  • People
  • Great
  • Leader

• The two pillars of winning the presidency are being a strong leader and being someone who understands us and our problems.

  

  Nicolle Wallace
  • Understand
  • Problems
  • Presidency

• In some circles Stalin has in fact been making a comeback. His portrait hangs above the dashboard of trucks, a symbol of blue- collar nostalgia for a tough leader.

  

  Serge Schmemann
  • Tough
  • Truck
  • Comeback

• I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest.

  

  Paul McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings
  • Up
  • Looks
  • Wit

• She's been a leader right from the beginning. She can play whatever we need her to play. What's good about it is, she's given so much confidence to everybody else.

  

  C. Vivian Stringer
  • Play
  • Confidence
  • Leader

• I hadn't realized until this week that in Moses' youth he killed a man, an Egyptian, and buried him under some sandI used to worry that I wasn't enough like Jesus, but yesterday I remembered who was my king; a man who, when God addressed him and told him to lead the people out of Egypt, said, 'But I'm not a good talker! Couldn't you ask my brother instead?' So it should not be so hard to come at this life with a bit of honesty. I don't need to be great like the leader of the Christian people. I can be a bumbling, murderous coward like the King of the Jews.

  

  Sheila Heti
  • People
  • Christian
  • Jesus

• Employees who can't trust their leader to be vulnerable are not going to be vulnerable and build trust with one another.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
  • Trust
  • Leader
  • Employees

• George Mitchell was a very good leader, and we were more than satisfied with his leadership. And I know the guys were jealous.

  

  Barbara Mikulski
  • Good
  • Leadership
  • Jealous

• Michelle Kwan means more to the United States Olympic Committee than maybe any athlete that's every performed. She's a leader, she's been gracious, she's somebody to cherish forever. She's a real loss to the United States Olympic Committee, to the United States of America and, I think, to the world.

  

  Peter Ueberroth
  • Leader
  • Athlete
  • Loss

• I don't claim to be a guru, or a leader or anything like that because I think that's the first point people really lose on.

  

  Gene Clark The Byrds
  • People
  • I Think
  • Anything

• I played upright bass. I wanted to write great tunes, play the bass, be a band leader, and smoke a big funny pipe like Charlie Mingus. So I went out and bought the pipe when I was around 18 or 19 years old. You know even women smoke a pipe in Glasgow. I worked with Carla Bley and she smoked a pipe, which I find fascinating.

  

  Jack Bruce Cream
  • Writing
  • Band
  • Bigs

• I would say George Mitchell was like Clark Kent sometimes with his horn rimmed glasses and his very quiet manner. People say, well, he's just a quiet leader, but then he emerges as super hero and begins to move this legislation. He led by example.

  

  Barbara Mikulski
  • People
  • Hero
  • Legislation

• She's a leader, and she doesn't have to say much to be one. She's been selected as our teammate of the year for several years, and that's something that's voted on by the players.

  

  Jim Kerr Simple Minds
  • Leader
  • Players
  • Teammate

• We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union. Founder of the Republican Party.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Remember
  • Party
  • Leader

• The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.

  

  Warren Bennis
  • Long
  • Perspective
  • View

• In 1995, Glaxo bought Burroughs Wellcome and became the presumptive leader in AIDS therapy.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Leader
  • Therapy
  • Aids

• Authenticity is about imperfection. And authenticity is a very human quality. To be authentic is to be at peace with your imperfections. The great leaders are not the strongest, they are the ones who are honest about their weaknesses. The great leaders are not the smartest; they are the ones who admit how much they don't know. The great leaders can't do everything; they are the ones who look to others to help them. Great leaders don't see themselves as great; they see themselves as human.

  

  Simon Sinek
  • Quality
  • Helping
  • Honest

• Mats was our great leader, Tie played with so much heart, and Tomas has developed into an outstanding all-around player.

  

  Pat Quinn
  • Great
  • Heart
  • Player

• The Dalai Lama is just a temporal leader of Tibet.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Leader
  • Just
  • Dalai Lama

• New York and Connecticut belong to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to cut carbon emissions, and New York City has been a leader in energy efficiency.

  

  Frances Beinecke
  • Energy
  • City
  • New

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