Leadership Quotes
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In Pierre Trudeau, Canada has finally produced a Prime Minister worthy of assassination.
John G. Diefenbaker
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Everything I do in my political life is colored by my military service. It was the defining moment in my life and helped me develop the leadership skills that I still utilize.
Jason Kander
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Your style can be an artistic part of your personal leadership journey.
Caroline Ghosn
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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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I know it is said repeatedly that I was in support of the American invasion in Iraq. It is simply not true. I was in favor of helping the Iraqis, and most specifically Ahmad Chelebi and the Kurdish leadership to set up an independent government of free Iraq. I think that would have been the right thing to do.
Bernard Lewis
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Leadership is influence.
John C. Maxwell
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The chaos of two cultures merging is the best time to forge a new identity to unify people, because everyone is looking for answers and everybody's looking for leadership. That's when there's an opportunity to say, 'OK, this is what we stand for.' People aren't set in their ways because everything is up for grabs.
David Droga
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Women account for about 70% of Africa's food production and manage a large proportion of small enterprises. They are also increasingly represented in legislative and executive leadership positions.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
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The union is much more than me, and when you think the union is you and it's not about who you represent, I think you've sort of lost your morals and focus and the purpose of your leadership.
Andy Stern
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The most inspiring leaders are those who... inspire the rest of us to be our best selves and to match our skills with our passions. They give us confidence to pursue our dreams.
Carmine Gallo
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Character matters; leadership descends from character.
Rush Limbaugh
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I'm here today because our country needs a change in leadership, ... We need a leader who is really dedicated to creating millions of high-paying jobs all across the country.
Lee Iacocca
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Seminary is for men who are seriously considering the ministry; it is a place where a man may test his gifts and calling in the service of the Word...Uncertainty about a call to the ministry may indicate with certainty a call to theological training. Even when God does not call a man to pastoral work, he often leads through seminary study to other ministries of teaching and to informed leadership in the work of the church.
Edmund Clowney
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They're trying to say that greater federal authority would have made a difference, ... The reality is that the feds are the ones that screwed up in the first place. It's not about authority. It's about leadership. ... They've got all the authority already.
George Haddow
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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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As for leadership, I am the kind who leads reluctantly and more by example than anything else. Someone had to be on the incorporation papers as president.
Keith Henson
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Leadership is of the spirit, compounded of personality and vision.
William Slim
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Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.
Peter Drucker
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I think that leadership more than anything is about setting a course and describing a vision for people.
Barack Obama
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First organize the inner, then organize the outer ... First organize the great, then organize the small. First organize yourself, and then organize others.
Zhuge Liang
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Some people feel, you make your case, if they listen to you, fine, if they don't, that's it. That's not what leadership is. Leadership is trying to continue to make a case.
Anthony Fauci
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Inability to make decisions is one of the principal reasons executives fail. Deficiency in decision-making ranks much higher than lack of specific knowledge or technical know-how as an indicator of leadership failure.
John C. Maxwell
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It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
William James
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Leadership is not about having the charisma or speaking inspirational words, but about leading with example.
Zainab Salbi