Leadership Quotes
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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.
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Let's remember that our leadership is defined not just by our defense against threats, but by the enormous opportunities to do good and promote understanding around the globe to forge greater cooperation, to expand new markets, to free people from fear and want. And no one is better positioned to take advantage of those opportunities than America.
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No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings.
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I realize that every time we discuss a job placement and look at a list of both male and female candidates, there's a question that comes up pretty much all the time for the woman: 'Will she know how to assert herself?' It's not meant to be malicious. It's more, 'Will she manage to take leadership of the team you want to entrust to her?'
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Leadership is about change... The best way to get people to venture into unknown terrain is to make it desirable by taking them there in their imaginations.
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I have been in Washington for a while now, and most things don't surprise me. The fact that twenty 6-year-olds were gunned down in the most violent fashion possible and this town couldn't do anything about it was stunning to me.
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Leadership is tested not by one's capacity to survive politically but by the ability to make tough decisions in trying times.
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Ethics must begin at the top of an organization. It is a leadership issue and the chief executive must set the example.
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From a parent's right to know what their children are doing, to protecting citizens across the country from the growing threat of gang violence, the House Democrat leadership is simply out to lunch.
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America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking.
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What's emerging is a new synthesis of science, spirituality and leadership as different facets of a single way of being.
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We hope the leadership will find it in their hearts and minds and budgets to bump us up a bit.
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That’s leadership: lead by example, lead from the front, inspire people to follow your lead.
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Change is what political leadership is about.
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Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning.
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People have a reservoir of talent worth discovering. They just have to be given the opportunity to discover it in themselves
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The FCC, under my leadership, will stand for the First Amendment.
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The huge turnout for Live 8 here and around the world proves that thanks to the leadership from people like Tony Blair and Gordon Brown the world is beginning to demand more action on global health and poverty.
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As President, I am determined to offer leadership to overcome our current economic problems. My goal is for jobs for all who want to work and economic opportunity for all who want to achieve.
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I just think that the qualities of leadership are unknown even to the leader until he's tested and given a challenge.
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Illinois is large, but we do not always receive our fair share of federal resources because our leadership is often divided. When we all row together, good things happen.
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Leadership is a choice. It's the choice not to do nothing.
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That very aggressive, unapologetic leadership style is needed in Washington, D.C., and I'm not afraid to tackle big issues.
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Leadership is like beauty - it's hard to define but you know it when you see it.
