Leadership Quotes
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American leadership is not simply a matter of going it alone and bearing all of the burden ourselves.
Barack Obama
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I've developed a huge regard for Toyota for its environmental awareness, for its immense commitment to research and development in this field, and for its leadership in developing hybrids which others are now following.
Maurice Strong
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Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.
Simon Sinek
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The principal challenge we face is to go up the value- and domain-skill chain and build a strong consultancy front end and, also, to globalize our leadership much more.
Azim Premji
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We will no longer be led only by that half of the population whose socialization, through toys, games, values and expectations, sanctions violence as the final assertion of manhood, synonymous with nationhood.
Wilma Scott Heide
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I think people are hungry for new ideas and leadership in the world of poverty alleviation. Most development programs are started and led by people with Ph.Ds in economics or policy. Samasource is part of a cadre of younger organizations headed by entrepreneurs from non-traditional backgrounds.
Leila Janah
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It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well.
Joanne Rowling
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Since joining the U.S. House of Representatives in November of 2006, I have strongly supported Speaker Nancy Pelosi. I have the utmost respect for her, and I believe the Democrats were able to accomplish a great deal under her leadership.
Albio Sires
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I'm a venture capitalist. I like to say my job is to help and support entrepreneurs. I can play a leadership role, but my organization can't be the leader.
Brad Feld
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IBM has taken a leadership role in this area and is prepared to be a technology partner with companies around the world to take advantage of these new developments.
John Patrick
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You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
Brian Tracy
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In Pierre Trudeau, Canada has finally produced a Prime Minister worthy of assassination.
John G. Diefenbaker
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There was no imminent threat. This was made up in Texas, announced in January to the Republican leadership that war was going to take place and was going to be good politically. This whole thing was a fraud.
Edward Kennedy
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The nation's chronic weakness is its political system, which is nearing dysfunction. If the U.S. can elect better political leadership, it should be able to manage problems better than most competitors.
David Ignatius
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Leadership is not about having the charisma or speaking inspirational words, but about leading with example.
Zainab Salbi
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Never take your eye off the ball. Always remember that you and everyone on the team is the servant of the cause - in our case, girls' education and young women's leadership in Africa.
Ann Cotton
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Leadership is building a bridge that connects the vision with the purpose, in order to empower those who are around us.
David Walker
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My mother was in the Army Reserve for six years. She taught me the importance of following rules, finishing what I start, never giving up, leadership skills, teamwork, staying positive, motivated and how to pack the military way when I'm traveling!
Laurie Hernandez
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I believe that leadership acts should be manifested by engaging in external work that can be observed and shared with everyone else.
Zainab Salbi
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To function efficiently, any group of people or employees must have faith in their leader.
William Bligh
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One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.
Arnold H. Glasow
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Preseason football is hard to evaluate. It's never going to be clean for the quarterbacks. You have to overcome the ugly plays and be productive. It's a component of leadership that is necessary. The guys that make it in the league survive that.
Mike McCarthy
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If an artist is driven primarily by social responsibility, I think the art probably suffers because, again, just as leadership has a rather defined end point or purpose, social responsibility would seem to have a very clear moral context.
Billy Collins
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I think leadership is knowing what you want to achieve and then purposefully and sensibly taking steps to achieve it, remembering always that you have got to bring people with you if you are seeking to be a successful political leader.
Tony Abbott