Leadership & Management: Leadership Quotes

"Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything"

Peggy Noonan, Writer

"The candidates before you know that the IFP has set up a system of deployed IFP national and provincial leaders who are not only monitoring the performance of candidates during these elections but will also do so after these elections"

Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Leader

"I've never wanted to be the boss"

Harrison Ford, Actor

"I don't take criticism lying down"

William Westmoreland, Soldier

"Military leaders aren't made. They are born. To be a good leader, you have to have something in your character to cause people to follow you"

Jimmy Johnson, Coach

"I haven't yet figured out how I was made first captain, because I was not an outstanding student. I was an adequate student"

William Westmoreland, Soldier

"Let me start by saying that I do not enjoy nor relish the partisan role of attack dog. I never found any fun in that. I don't think it's constructive. I don't intend to become that here in the Senate"

Marco Rubio, Politician

"Well, surely, I am not in charge of South Africa"

Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Leader

"You are not speaking for yourself, but for Ireland"

Michael D. Higgins, Politician

"We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we need not stay docile and quiet"

William O. Douglas, Judge

"Never did a government commence under auspices so favorable, nor ever was success so complete"

James Monroe, President

"So long as the Zulu people are here, clearly, I will still have a role to play in this country"

Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Leader

"I'm happy with the vote and the support. I'm very glad that it is so decisive. It will enable me to be a president for all of the people"

Michael D. Higgins, Politician

"I hope that at the end of the seven years, people will say that I have been of some inspirational value to them at home in terms of inclusiveness. And abroad, I look forward to representing Ireland"

Michael D. Higgins, Politician

"I am delighted with the strong vote I have received. My message of positive leadership, patriotism and commitment clearly was resonating with tens of thousands of ordinary Irish people!"

Michael D. Higgins, Politician

"For sure I would be a very emotional captain. A very hands-on captain"

Payne Stewart, Athlete

"I am very glad as well that it is a presidency built on a campaign that emphasized ideas. I hope it will be a presidency that will enable everybody to be part of and proud of"

Michael D. Higgins, Politician

"The strike of the miners in Arizona was one of the most remarkable strikes in the history of the American labor movement. Its peaceful character, its successful outcome, were due to that most remarkable character, Governor Hunt"

Mary Harris Jones, Activist

"It's my show"

Knute Rockne, Coach

"This country needs to get a backbone and stand up for its economic interest"

Byron Dorgan, Politician

"Oh, I don't think Tom Sowell would tell anybody to join the administration. That's not his style. But I think his attitude has always been, if it had to be done, he'd prefer me to do it than somebody else"

Clarence Thomas, Judge

"We need leadership, and we need it now"

Byron Dorgan, Politician

"You can never stop, and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth, and I guess I would say that this is what I'm attempting to do right now"

Angela Davis, Activist

"Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery"

Adam Weishaupt, Clergyman

"In motivating people, you've got to engage their minds and their hearts. I motivate people, I hope, by example - and perhaps by excitement, by having productive ideas to make others feel involved"

Rupert Murdoch, Publisher

"I'm not looking for a legacy, and you'll never shut up the critics. I've been around 50 years. When you're a catalyst for change, you make enemies - and I'm proud of the ones I've got"

Rupert Murdoch, Publisher

"I'm a catalyst for change. You can't be an outsider and be successful over 30 years without leaving a certain amount of scar tissue around the place"

Rupert Murdoch, Publisher

"I try to keep in touch with the details... I also look at the product daily. That doesn't mean you interfere, but it's important occasionally to show the ability to be involved. It shows you understand what's happening"

Rupert Murdoch, Publisher

"There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price"

Shirley Chisholm, Politician

"It is very comforting to believe that leaders who do terrible things are, in fact, mad. That way, all we have to do is make sure we don't put psychotics in high places and we've got the problem solved"

Tom Wolfe, Journalist

"Washington's character was rock solid. He came to stand for the new nation and its republican virtues, which was why he became our first President by unanimous choice"

Stephen Ambrose, Historian

"Eisenhower is my choice as the American of the 20th century. Of all the men I've studied and written about, he is the brightest and the best"

Stephen Ambrose, Historian

"People would say you look weak if you're not cursing the opposition and driving around in a big black car while always wearing a tie. Above all, to be 'strong' you're always supposed to be giving orders"

Georgios A. Papandreou, Politician

"On the throne, one has many worries; and remorse is the one that weighs the least"

Jean Racine, Dramatist

"In the White House, you can be on the pitcher's mound or you can be in the catcher's position. Put points on the board. Show people you can govern. Deliver on what you said you were going to deliver on"

Rahm Emanuel, Politician

"I would like to run for the mayor of the city of Chicago. That has always been an aspiration of mine even when I was in the House of Representatives"

Rahm Emanuel, Politician

"George Tenet has been the Director of Central Intelligence since 1997, time enough to have changed the Agency's culture. He has failed. He should go"

Richard Perle, Public Servant

"While Mayor Daley surprised me today with his decision to not run for reelection, I have never been surprised by his leadership, dedication and tireless work on behalf of the city and the people of Chicago"

Rahm Emanuel, Politician

"We have work to do, and Tuesday Americans sent Washington a clear message - Get the job done"

Rahm Emanuel, Politician

"People, like sheep, tend to follow a leader - occasionally in the right direction"

Alexander Chase, Author

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