Leader Quotes
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I think everybody has their own process as a leader, and I think for me it's ever-evolving.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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In 1995, Glaxo bought Burroughs Wellcome and became the presumptive leader in AIDS therapy.
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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.
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I've always been a leader my whole life. I've always led. I didn't know how to do anything else.
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We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union. Founder of the Republican Party.
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We needed a true leader. Sam has a history of making big plays and big shots. The guys have a great deal of respect for him. We're going to be a much better team.
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Employees who can't trust their leader to be vulnerable are not going to be vulnerable and build trust with one another.
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I feel like I am a good person and a professional, very able leader of men.
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After the November elections gave Republicans control of the Senate, voters made clear they wanted change. We were hopeful our leaders got the voters' message. However, after our speaker forced through the (spending bill) by passing it with Democratic votes and without time to read it, it seemed clear that we needed new leadership.
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If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.
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When leaders behave consistently with the expectations of customers, they are doing things inside their organization that deliver value outside.
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No leader can possibly have all the answers . . . .The actual solutions about how best to meet the challenges of the moment have to be made by the people closest to the action. . . .The leader has to find the way to empower those frontline people, to challenge them, to provide them with the resources they need, and then to hold them accountable. As they struggle with . . . this challenge, the leader becomes their coach, teacher, and facilitator. Change how you define leadership, and you change how you run a company.
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Cause I bring the heater. Love me cause I'm your leader.
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The true leader must submerge himself in the fountain of the people.
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On the business side, innovative leaders are beginning to wake up to the fact that this non-stop work trend is bad for business: Google Ireland tested a program called Dublin Goes Dark, where employees turned over their phones at the end of each work day. It seems like a sea change is ahead.
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We prefer that the leaders of the Iraqi armed forces do the honorable thing; stop fighting for a regime that does not deserve your loyalty.
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You are keeping the possibility [of peace] open. No wise leader would do anything less.
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People had so much respect for George Mitchell. They wanted to cooperate with him. I think that's a hallmark of a very good leader.
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White people cannot destroy me like they have other big ministers of Elijah Mohammed in the past by telling us oh, you speak good, you should be the leader.
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Remember the difference between a boss and a leader. A boss says, Go! A leader says, Let's go!
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I was a gang leader. Although, it was a gang for defensive purposes. It was not a gang to sell drugs.
