Leadership Quotes

"Leadership is an active role; 'lead' is a verb. But the leader who tries to do it all is headed for burnout, and in a powerful hurry"

Bill Owens, Politician

"Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall"

Stephen Covey, Businessman

"Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out"

Stephen Covey, Businessman

"Germany must be a country which generates political ideas and leadership, which is capable of compromise, which is sovereign and yet knows that it needs its partners on both sides of the Atlantic"

Horst Koehler, Statesman

"Such manifestations I account as representing the creative leadership of the new forces of thought and appreciation which attend changes in technological pattern and therefore of the pattern of human relationships in society"

John Grierson, Director

"All of this suggests that while citizens became more comfortable with President Bush after September 11 and thought him to have the requisite leadership skills, they continue to harbor doubts about his priorities, loyalties, interests, and policies"

Thomas E. Mann, Sociologist

"A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world"

John Updike, Novelist

"Leadership is a relationship that is created between people, which inspires and mobilizes them to achieve a vision"

Blaine Lee, Author

"Leadership is not a position or title, it is action and example"

Blaine Lee, Author

"I mean, Emily Harris was his wife. And she seemed to resent his leadership, but on the other hand, she felt like a good soldier, that he had to be the leader"

Patty Hearst, Celebrity

"I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No"

Vernon Jordan, Businessman

"The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet"

Theodore Hesburgh, Clergyman

"I think it is important to ask ourselves as citizens, not as Democrats attacking the administration, but as citizens, whether a world power can really provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety?"

Zbigniew Brzezinski, Politician

"I recognize we will pay more attention when we have different leadership"

Octavia Butler, Writer

"Overall, the challenge of leadership is both moral and one of developing the characteristics that make us respected by one another"

Louis Farrakhan, Activist

"The things journalists should pay attention to are the issues the political leadership agrees on, rather than to their supposed antagonisms"

Michael Pollan, Educator

"We must recognize that as the dominant power in the world we have a special responsibility. In addition to protecting our national interests, we must take the leadership in protecting the common interests of humanity"

George Soros, Businessman

"The truth is the Republican leadership has created a credit card Congress that is recklessly selling out the future of America, our children and our grandchildren, and President Bush is the most fiscally irresponsible President in the history of America"

Dennis Cardoza, Politician

"The longer we go without strong leadership from the Administration and until we see significant progress in the day-to-day lives of the Iraqi people, the more difficult it will become to sustain the support of the American people and Congress for the current course"

Dennis Cardoza, Politician

"Vocational education programs have made a real difference in the lives of countless young people nationwide; they build self-confidence and leadership skills by allowing students to utilize their unique gifts and talents"

Conrad Burns, Politician

"The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority"

Ken Blanchard, Author

"What we heard today was not fiscal leadership from our Commander-in-Chief, what we heard today was a political broadside from our Campaigner-in-Chief"

Paul Ryan, Politician

"We need leadership. We don't need a doubling down on the failed politics of the past"

Paul Ryan, Politician

"A significant number of pages and sentences that the administration wants to keep in a classified status have already been released publicly, some of it by public statements of the leadership of the CIA and the FBI"

Bob Graham, Politician

"Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it"

John Naisbitt, Businessman

"The fact is five months ago this was an issue that people weren't really talking that much about. Because of the president's leadership, because he's brought it to people's attention, it's now a top issue"

Ken Mehlman, Politician

"He's a novice, but he's had these - he's experienced in leadership in tight circumstances. He started - he dropped the first bomb, led the first air strike into North Vietnam"

James Stockdale, Soldier

"My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service"

Sonny Perdue, Politician

"Black leadership has to recognize that principles more than speech, character more than a claim, is greater in advancing the cause of our liberation than what has transpired thus far"

Louis Farrakhan, Activist

"I am convinced that your Mayor must take the leadership role in education too"

Alan Autry, Actor

"I believe it is time for new leadership that is able to leave the '70s behind"

Kim Campbell, Statesman

"Leadership demands that we make tough choices"

Alan Autry, Actor

"We have treated our most serious adversaries, such as Iran and North Korea, in the most juvenile manner - by giving them the silent treatment. In so doing, we have weakened, not strengthened, our bargaining position and our leadership"

Theodore C. Sorensen, Lawyer

"In fact, the converse is true: At a time when the United States has been called on for a level of moral leadership, vision and inspiration not seen since World War II, we cannot afford to dissemble about crimes against humanity"

Adam Schiff, Politician

"So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is going to be an asset"

Ed Gillespie, Politician

"If Ralph Nader runs, President Bush is going to be re-elected, and if Ralph Nader doesn't run, President Bush is going to be re-elected. We're going to run on the president's strong and principled leadership and his positive agenda for a second term"

Ed Gillespie, Politician

"Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better"

Bill Bradley, Politician

"I have seen for the first time in 100 years of conflict, the two peoples - the Israeli people and the Palestinian people - are ahead of their leaderships"

Amos Oz, Writer

"The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes"

Tony Blair, Statesman

"The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out a central line to resolve it"

Mao Tse-Tung, Leader

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