Leadership & Management: Leadership Quotes

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"It's not a faith in technology. It's faith in people"

Steve Jobs, Businessman

Steve Jobs

"Innovation has nothing to do with how many R amp&; D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R & D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it"

Steve Jobs, Businessman

Steve Jobs

"I find that I sent wolves, not shepherds, to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!"

Elizabeth I, Royalty

Elizabeth I

"Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts"

Elizabeth I, Royalty

Elizabeth I

"A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head"

Elizabeth I, Royalty

Elizabeth I

"At the age of four, with paper hats and wooden swords, we're all generals. Only some of us never grow out of it"

Peter Ustinov, Actor

Peter Ustinov

"A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end"

George S. Patton, Soldier

George S. Patton

"The problem we have right now in Washington is we don't have the face of a leader"

Rob Reiner, Director

Rob Reiner

"All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions"

Adlai E. Stevenson, Politician

Adlai E. Stevenson

"Our country is being run by incompetent people"

Donald Trump, Businessman

Donald Trump

"One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don't go into government"

Donald Trump, Businessman

Donald Trump

"Well, I am a Republican, and I would run as a Republican. And I have a lot of confidence in the Republican Party. I don't have a lot of confidence in the president. I think what's happening to this country is unbelievably bad. We're no longer a respected country"

Donald Trump, Businessman

Donald Trump

"There are some people, you know, they think the way to be a big man is to shout and stomp and raise hell-and then nothing ever really happens. I'm not like that, I never shoot blanks"

Richard M. Nixon, President

Richard M. Nixon

"It's a piece of cake until you get to the top. You find you can't stop playing the game the way you've always played it"

Richard M. Nixon, President

Richard M. Nixon

"I played by the rules of politics as I found them"

Richard M. Nixon, President

Richard M. Nixon

"The American people are entitled to see the president and to hear his views directly, and not to see him only through the press"

Richard M. Nixon, President

Richard M. Nixon

"I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle"

Richard M. Nixon, President

Richard M. Nixon

"A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he, as an individual, rather than his policy, becomes the issue"

Richard M. Nixon, President

Richard M. Nixon

"This election is about who's going to be the next President of the United States!"

Dan Quayle, Vice President

Dan Quayle

"People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history"

Dan Quayle, Vice President

Dan Quayle

"Let me just be very clear, that the Republican Party will select a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton"

Dan Quayle, Vice President

Dan Quayle

"I'm going to be a vice president very much like George Bush was. He proved to be a very effective vice president, perhaps the most effective we've had in a couple of hundred years"

Dan Quayle, Vice President

Dan Quayle

"The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern"

Lord Acton, Historian

Lord Acton

"Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership"

Eric Hoffer, Writer

Eric Hoffer

"If a guy doesn't work hard and doesn't play well, he can't lead anything. All he is, is a talker"

John Madden, Coach

John Madden

"In my opinion, eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity"

Harry S. Truman, President

Harry S. Truman

"Any man who has had the job I've had, and didn't have a sense of humor, wouldn't still be here"

Harry S. Truman, President

Harry S. Truman

"A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it"

Harry S. Truman, President

Harry S. Truman

"A President cannot always be popular"

Harry S. Truman, President

Harry S. Truman

"Produce great men, the rest follows"

Walt Whitman, Poet

Walt Whitman

"I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role"

Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady

Eleanor Roosevelt

"For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards"

Sun Tzu, Philosopher

Sun Tzu

"A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says, "I was beaten", he does not say "My men were beaten""

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Novelist

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I, therefore, intend to oppose the effort to increase America's debt"

Barack Obama, President

Barack Obama

"What Washington needs is adult supervision"

Barack Obama, President

Barack Obama

"Since I'm the president and Democrats have controlled the House and the Senate, it's understandable that people are saying, you know, 'What have you done?'"

Barack Obama, President

Barack Obama

"I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president - with the possible exceptions of Johnson, FDR, and Lincoln - just in terms of what we've gotten done in modern history. But, you know, but when it comes to the economy, we've got a lot more work to do. And we're gonna keep on at it"

Barack Obama, President

Barack Obama

"You know, one of the things I think you understand as president is you're held responsible for everything, but you don't always have control of everything, right?"

Barack Obama, President

Barack Obama

"We want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games, realize that it's not just my way or the highway"

Barack Obama, President

Barack Obama

"Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another"

George Washington, President

George Washington

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