Leadership Quotes
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One thing that somebody told me is that leadership is a lonely role - some people can do it, and some people can't.
Kyrie Irving
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Obviously, the real test of these regulations will be their implementation, ... It is absolutely critical that the Air Force leadership ensure that these regulations are well understood and strictly enforced, especially at the Air Force Academy.
Lois Capps
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The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.
Harvey S. Firestone
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I admire Modi's leadership and his ideology.
Akkineni Nagarjuna
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I always believe that ultimately, if people are paying attention, then we get good government and good leadership. And when we get lazy, as a democracy and civically start taking shortcuts, then it results in bad government and politics.
Barack Obama
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Absolutely the United States should lead in space, for the survival of the United States. It's inspiring for the next generation. If we lose leadership, then we'll be using Chinese capability to inspire Americans.
Buzz Aldrin
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Americans don't want leadership. They want alchemy.
Michael Kinsley
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I am involved in a lot of nonprofits. And when I reached the ripe old age of 60, I wanted to provide leadership to some I had been involved in.
David Rubenstein
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Constant, gentle pressure is my preferred technique for leadership, guidance, and coaching.
Danny Meyer
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Leadership of the Liberal Party is a great honour, of which I remain profoundly conscious. It is, moreover, the unique gift of the party room.
John Howard
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Listening is not a displacement for leadership. You have to have leadership.
Angelo Sotira
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I don't think leadership demands 'yes' or 'no' answers; I think leadership is providing the forum for making the right decision, which doesn't demand unanimity.
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.
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Our country is in the middle of a profound crisis. This crisis has many causes, but much of it has been brought about by poor leadership decisions at every level of government. In addition, our electoral process is dominated by financial interests that are threatened by the very notion of reform.
Jim Webb
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I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.
Angela Davis
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Sitting at a candidate rally is similar to sitting in a ballyard. Both give you the opportunity to assess the technical metrics and reflect on the intangibles - what baseball calls 'make up' and politics calls 'character' - the leadership, talent and maturity to add value to a venture.
Christine Pelosi
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For centuries, America has led the world on a long march toward freedom and democracy. Let's reclaim our clean energy leadership and lead the world toward clean energy independence.
John Garamendi
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Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted.
Albert Benjamin Simpson
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Nothing so undermines organizational change as the failure to think through the losses people face.
William Bridges
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I think the way to maximize not just your leadership but your ability to influence your team is whatever you can do that helps the team perform at a really high level.
Andrew Whitworth
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Abby Johnson has agreed to become Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity, reflecting a further step forward in our leadership succession plan. Abby will retain her role of President, and I will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board.
Edward Johnson, III
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Every decade or so, the world is tested by a crisis so grave that it breaks the mould: one so horrific and inhumane that the response of politicians to it becomes emblematic of their generation -their moral leadership or cowardice, their resolution or incompetence. It is how history judges us.
Jo Cox
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Scouting is a game for boys under the leadership of boys under the direction of a man.
Baden Powell
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MMI brothers were very resistant to women such as Lynn Shiflet and others who emerged as leaders within the OAAU, so one of the tensions that occurred was around gender equality and gender leadership inside of Malcolm's X entourage.
Manning Marable
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You need to be strategic about how you define your leadership journey and where that takes you.
Denise Morrison