Leadership Quotes

"To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way"

"Leadership must be established from the top down"

"Servant leadership is the foundation and the secret of Sam Walton's ability to achieve team synergy"

"The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there"

"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, Politician

"It is the responsibility of leadership to provide opportunity, and the responsibility of individuals to contribute"

William Pollard, Clergyman

"There has not yet been a major ground offensive battle... There are, we know, negotiations going on between the opposition forces and the Taliban leadership for surrender"

Peter Pace

"Studies have consistently shown that financial hardship is the biggest obstacle to heterosexual marriage, yet the Republican leadership has done precious little to help address the financial hardship faced by American families"

Kendrick Meek, Politician

"The Dalai Lama. He is a very wise man of great inner peace who believes that happiness is the purpose of our lives. Through his teachings and leadership, he continues to make this world a better place in which to live"

Sidney Sheldon, Novelist

"One of the things about leadership is that you've got to show up. And if you want to be president of the United States you've got to make a case to the American people that Barack Obama needs to be dismissed from his position"

Tim Pawlenty, Politician

"In the area we're discussing, leadership begins on Madison Avenue, on the desks and in the offices of people who spend hundreds of millions of dollars buying what will get them ratings"

Norman Lear, Producer

"World War II had been such a tremendous success story for this country that the political and military leadership began to assume that they would prevail simply because of who they were. We were like the British at the turn of the 19th century"

Neil Sheehan, Journalist

"The President's speech suggested to me that were we to follow his leadership, we will be in Iraq not for months, but for years. I also hope I am wrong on this"

Daniel Inouye, Politician

"Such highly qualitative leadership is demanded especially in the realm of the fostering of right international relations. Here the demand is simply irresistible"

John Raleigh Mott, Celebrity

"I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins"

Norman Lear, Producer

"Republican leadership in Congress let the energy companies write the energy bill that sent prices soaring, and has turned a blind eye to the struggles of working families trying to make ends meet"

Sherrod Brown, Politician

"Dr. King's leadership reaffirmed the promise of our democracy: that everyday people, working together, have the power to change our government and our institutions for the better"

Maria Cantwell, Politician

"I think Mr. Clarke had a tendency to interfere too much with the activities of the CIA, and our leadership at the senior level let him interfere too much. So criticism from him I kind of wear as a badge of honor"

Michael Scheuer, Public Servant

"Under the leadership of this President, the state of the union is not strong. We are being pulled apart rather than pulling together. Our democracy is suffering from the choices being made, and yet we are offered the same tired excuses and unrealistic analyses"

Jose Serrano, Politician

"The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. Are the followers reaching their potential? Are they learning? Serving? Do they achieve the required results? Do they change with grace? Manage conflict?"

Max de Pree

"I also know that there have been many times in our history when the proximity of an election has induced exactly the kind of leadership and consensus-building that produce progress in our democracy"

Joe Lieberman, Politician

"We need safe communities that are free from methamphetamine and a federal commitment to stand next to state leadership and law enforcement in the fight against this epidemic"

Rick Larsen, Politician

"Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control"

Tom Landry, Coach

"For many members of Congress, the time for choosing is near - do what the party leadership demands, or do what the people have asked you to do. If my colleagues don't mind some advice from a newcomer, I'd suggest going with the will of the people"

Scott Brown, Politician

"This administration and the leadership in Congress appear to be intent on valuing wealth over work, thereby placing working families at a distinct disadvantage"

Tim Bishop, Politician

"I don't agree with all-male leaderships. Men cannot be left to run things on their own. I think it's a thoroughly bad thing to have a men-only leadership"

Harriet Harman, Politician

"I feel fantastically excited that we have a leader who fought for the leadership without compromising his quite challenging view that the party has to change"

Francis Maude, Politician

"Rotary provides training at all levels so that those who have been selected for leadership positions have the opportunity to learn and apply leadership principles to their jobs"

Ron D. Burton, Businessman

"Leadership in telecommunications is also essential, since we are now in the age of e-commerce"

Michael Oxley, Politician

"Al Qaeda is not the organization now that it was before. It is under stress organizationally. Its leadership spends more time trying to figure out how to keep from getting caught than they do trying to launch operations"

Cofer Black, Public Servant

"There would not be enough talent that's educated, developed and ready to take on the next leadership challenge, and it would cap our growth. Now we've put programs in place not to have that happen, but that could be a weakness"

Kevin Rollins, Businessman

"Our country also hungers for leadership to ensure the long-term survival of our Social Security system. With 70 million baby boomers in this country on the verge of retirement, we need to take action to shore up the system"

Kay Bailey Hutchison, Politician

"This Congress is simply not doing its job under Republican leadership"

Jim Cooper, Politician

"It is past time for Republican leadership to answer for record deficits and reckless spending, both in Iraq and in the U.S. It's time for a plan to bring our troops home"

Sherrod Brown, Politician

"Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve"

Tom Landry, Coach

"Year after year, President Bush has broken his campaign promises on college aid. And year after year, the Republican leadership in Congress has let him do it"

Sherrod Brown, Politician

"One simple way to keep organizations from becoming cancerous might be to rotate all jobs on a regular, frequent and mandatory basis, including the leadership positions"

Robert Shea, Author

"There's a very big gulf between the black civil rights leadership in America and the black middle class in America. The black middle class are conservative. Many of those minorities can be persuaded to be members of the Republican Party"

Pete du Pont, Politician

"Being a CEO still means sitting across the table from big institutional investors and showing your leadership and having them believe in you"

Christie Hefner, Businessman

"Actually, I don't ever think there will be a men-only team of leadership in the Labour party again. People would look at it and say, 'What? Are there no women in the party to be part of the leadership? Do men want to do it all themselves?' It just won't happen again"

Harriet Harman, Politician

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