Leadership Quotes

"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

"The fact is, when it comes to economic leadership, the Republicans have nothing to brag about. This isn't what the American people want. They want to see progress that works for them"

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Politician

"Democrats are going to proudly run on the fact that we turned the economy around. It was our policies under President Obama's leadership through the Recovery Act, through investing in the automobile industry"

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Politician

"Unfortunately, the Republican leadership in the House right now seems to have been strangled by the tea party"

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Politician

"Actions, not words, are the ultimate results of leadership"

Bill Owens, Politician

"Sinn Fein has demonstrated the ability to play a leadership role as part of a popular movement towards peace, equality and justice"

Gerry Adams, Politician

"At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward by peaceful and democratic means"

Gerry Adams, Politician

"We're going to need to absorb some pain. The Republicans want to pile all the pain on people who can least afford it and the middle class and Democrats under his leadership want to make sure that we can address deficit reduction and continue to make investments and shared sacrifice is going to be imperative in order to be able to do that"

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Politician

"We need leadership, and we need it now"

Byron Dorgan, Politician

"Leadership offers an opportunity to make a difference in someone's life, no matter what the project"

Bill Owens, Politician

"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

"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

"If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees"

Ingvar Kamprad, Businessman

"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

"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

"We live in a time where government is not a leadership thing, it's more a business that's out there and running riot, so I guess the people have to go out there and say stuff"

Yahoo Serious, Director

"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

"Education is the mother of leadership"

Wendell Willkie, Lawyer

"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

"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

"The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people"

Irving Babbitt, Critic

"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

"The biggest difference is in the leadership. It was better for us. We had more coaches and mentors to help us. A lot of the younger players today suffer from a lack of direction"

Isaiah Thomas, Athlete

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