Leadership & Management: Leadership Quotes

"I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not"

E. P. Thompson, Historian

"And I think most people in this country want to see a president that's got the courage to say we're going to cut the tax burden, and reduce the regulatory climate, and we're going to get Americans working"

Rick Perry, Politician

"America needs jobs, smaller government, less spending, and a president with the courage to offer more than yet another speech"

Rick Perry, Politician

"A high concentration of power in one place is rarely a good idea in the long run"

Alex Hormozi, Entrepreneur

"This summit is on action, and that is exactly what we need right now"

Ursula von der Leyen, Politician

"It's not my job to try and alter the director's style - he's in charge, and I'll always give him my trust"

Ewan McGregor, Actor

"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 cannot allow state government to continue to be consumed by this game of political 'gotcha'"

Ernie Fletcher, Politician

"Democratic leaders always seem to blame America first"

Ken Mehlman, Politician

"The overriding rule, if you want to run a domain, is to be fair"

Jon Postel, Scientist

"So I still seized the power, but I felt that if I officially made myself the boss, in black and white, it would be too intimidating for the other producers and the other men who worked on the show. In other words, I had the power, but I gave them the title"

Marlo Thomas, Actress

"I think Stalin was afraid of Roosevelt. Whenever Roosevelt spoke, he sort of watched him with a certain awe. He was afraid of Roosevelt's influence in the world"

W. Averell Harriman, Politician

"To meet the expectations of the majority of our people, and to open up new vistas of economic opportunity so that the aspirations of Nigerians can stand a fair chance of being fulfilled in a lifetime, there must be a truly committed leadership in a democratic Nigeria"

Ibrahim Babangida, Statesman

"President Reagan achieved such successes because when you sat in a room with him, there could be over 1,000 people in the room, yet you felt like there was only the two of you, and his wonderful wit would put you at ease. That was a tremendous gift"

Elton Gallegly, Politician

"Lyndon Johnson, as majority leader of the United States Senate, he made the Senate work"

Robert Caro, Writer

"You would have to say his number one accomplishment has been to inspire a sense of confidence in the country. That confidence, that optimism, not only gives President Obama a political cushion, but it could have a real world economic impact"

George Stephanopoulos, Celebrity

"I covered two presidents, LBJ and Nixon, who could no longer convince, persuade, or govern, once people had decided they had no credibility, but we seem to be more tolerant now of what I think we should not tolerate"

Helen Thomas, Journalist

"There will be no politics, no ifs and buts; if we see something and feel that work needs to be done, we will get people here we can rely on and ensure it is done in the same thorough way as our other projects"

Ian Botham, Athlete

"I look forward to working with our leadership team to advance the causes of smaller government, lower taxes, eliminating terrorism, and providing affordable health care, among other issues"

Howard Coble, Politician

"There's always someone following your next step"

Cindy Margolis, Model

"Well, Barry, it's your film. So if it rises or falls, you're the man"

Robert Conrad, Director

"There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime"

Maxwell Anderson, Playwright

"But because our organization has grown so much and in so many different ways, the delegation process places responsibility and authority on the shoulders of people you can watch grow and watch the way they treat others"

Vince McMahon, Entertainer

"What's been extraordinary about this president, Tim, and what's unique about this president is not that the administration is sputtering but rather everything he's taken on, he's been able to accomplish"

Ken Mehlman, Politician

"What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse?"

Lord Mountbatten, Soldier

"Real leadership means tackling tough problems ourselves and not leaving them to our children"

Jon Kyl, Politician

"Examples is more forcible than precept. People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh"

Robert Cecil, Public Servant

"For example, a man who might not have enormous charisma, who could be president 40 years ago, and who was a deserving president, I don't know that George Washington would be a president today, I don't know that Abe Lincoln would, I don't know that Roosevelt would"

Sydney Pollack, Director

"To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power"

Tahar Ben Jelloun, Poet

"When mankind first saw the necessity of government, it is probable that many had conceived the desire of ruling"

Thomas Clarkson, Activist

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

Pat Riley, Coach

"Here I am in my first command - a bit dazed but feeling very grand"

Lord Mountbatten, Soldier

"Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could"

Lord Mountbatten, Soldier

"But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement"

Ibrahim Babangida, Statesman

"You have to know one big thing and stick with it. The leaders who had one very big idea and one very big commitment. This permitted them to create something. Those are the ones who leave a legacy"

Irving Kristol, Editor

"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

"Changing things from the top down works when things are stable"

Kevin Kelly, Editor

"Well, I think every now and again, some people deserve to get their butts chewed. Every now and again, some people deserve a pat on the back. What I try and do is compliment folk who deserve a compliment, and chew folks out who deserve to be chewed out"

Judge Mills Lane, Celebrity

"George W. Bush broke a mold four years ago: Even though he lost the popular vote, he governed as if he had won by acclamation"

Tony Snow, Journalist

"One of the big draws of the show is here's a guy who is ordinary in a lot of ways but, due to his profession, he's placed in extraordinary situations that he has to make right with action and with thought. That's what is appealing about Jack - he takes charge"

Kiefer Sutherland, Actor

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