Leadership Quotes
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From Christ on down to Edison, the men who have achieved most have been those who met with the most stubborn forms of temporary defeat. This would seem to justify the conclusion that Infinite Intelligence has a plan, or a law, by which it hurdles men over many obstacles before giving them the privilege of leadership or the opportunity to render useful service in a noteworthy fashion.
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A good part of my leadership skills is crafted from learning from experiences early in my career that were not positive experiences.
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Leadership simply begins with the courage to be yourself. So everyone else can be, too.
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Obama is thoroughly mixed up with all these things he's got. He's got to solve Libya. He's got to solve Afghanistan. He's everywhere. And this nation, I don't know why it's not showing the leadership and capacity to attend different issues at the same time.
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Charter laws do something really important. They give educators the freedom and flexibility that they need to attain results. But we also have to invest a lot in the leadership pipeline to take advantage of that freedom and flexibility.
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I had known, number one, that there would never be any role for me in the leadership capacity with SCLC. Why? First, I'm a woman. Also, I'm not a minister. And second, I am a person that feels that I have to maintain some degree of personal integrity and be my own barometer of what is important and what is not.
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I think directors should be confident in their leadership capabilities. I think directors should be confident in what they want to do.
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Floor time is valuable. Our leadership isn't going to bring something up that's going to take up floor time and not be successful.
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Whatever market a company might dominate today, it is likely to change substantially over the next ten years. There's no such thing as 'sustaining' leadership; it must be reinvented again and again.
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I have always believed women have so many natural leadership qualities. They just need opportunities and access.
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How can you not have people in leadership roles in our country not supporting the rule of law? That's what separates us from the rest of the countries around the world.
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The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.
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I have always thought that what is needed is the development of people who are interested not in being leaders as much as in developing leadership in others.
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True leadership knows not to go to extremes but knows how to confront and appreciate challenges.
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I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people... to seize this opportunity and thereby begin to end the isolation and suffering of the Iraqi people.
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In a leadership role in Iraq and in running my own business, what I've learned is if you don't listen, you're going to strike out. You're going to fail miserably. The people you work with have got to know you're engaged and you're listening.
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Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.
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The legitimacy of the leadership depends on what that country thinks of its leaders.
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Women in leadership cannot cry without raising a storm of commentary.
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We are looking for a set of personal characteristics that predict success, the first and foremost of which is perseverance in the face of challenges. We also look for the ability to influence and motivate others who share your values, strong problem-solving ability, and leadership.
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Leadership means setting an example. When you find yourself in a position of leadership, people follow your every move.
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A visionary leadership is required to harness rapid technological change for positive benefit rather than allowing to become disruptive and further exacerbate economic inequality.
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The sentiments in Hawaii about Washington's failure of leadership are no different than the rest of the country.
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It was funny that rank-and-file evangelicals were ahead of all the leadership. They saw for decades conservative Republicans had made promises to them on issues that were important to Christians and conservatives when they were running for office. But when they won, they didn't keep those promises.
