Leadership & Management: Leadership Quotes

"If you're running for president, you've got to do a lot of things to line up a candidacy. I've not done any of those things. It's not my plan. My plan is to be a good chairman of the House Budget Committee and fight for the fiscal sanity of this nation"

Paul Ryan, Politician

"I am the original... Those are my disciples"

Michael Irvin, Athlete

"When you have this many losses, you don't have a following"

Eddie Bernice Johnson, Politician

"If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all"

David Livingstone, Explorer

"I don't understand why people whose entire lives or their corporate success depends on communication, and yet they are led on occasion by CEOs who cannot talk their way out of a paper bag and don't care to"

Frank Luntz, Politician

"I was considering running for political office"

Michael Newdow, Lawyer

"People realize this man knows what the hell's going on and nobody else does"

Kary Mullis, Scientist

"PepsiCo did not have a woman in the senior ranks, nor a foreign-born person who was willing to think differently"

Indra Nooyi, Businessman

"I don't see politics as one or two people just making or delivering announcements - it's also about winning public support and the public enthusiasm. You've got to win public support"

Gordon Brown, Politician

"I assure you I will not miss the chance to show you that you were right when you voted for me"

Traian Basescu, Politician

"And I believe we need heroes, I believe we need certain people who we can measure our own shortcomings by"

Richard Attenborough, Actor

"What matters most in politics is personality. It's not issues; it's not image. It's who you are and what you represent"

Frank Luntz, Politician

"There is a human capital crisis in the federal government. Not Only are we losing the decades of talent as civil servants retire, we are not doing enough to develop and nurture the next generation of public servants"

Daniel Akaka, Politician

"Mr. Dingell is just plain Mr. Dingell. And when he gets to be chairman of the Commerce Committee, he doesn't let it go to his head. However, he thinks he would be a very, very good chairman"

John Dingell, Politician

"Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts; I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertaking leadership roles in the organization"

Frederick Reines, Physicist

"My top three priorities for my first term in Congress are growing our economy; providing for quality, affordable health care; and keeping our nation and communities safe"

Cathy McMorris, Politician

"I always said that you can use the same vehicle although the driver will change, or the same vehicle to go for the race. It's a different driver. This is exactly what's happening to the cabinet"

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Politician

"Netanyahu is pressured easily, gets into a panic, and loses his senses... To run a country like Israel, a leader needs to have reason and judgment and nerves of steel, two traits he does not have"

Ariel Sharon, Leader

"Leaders are not pale reflectors of major social conflicts; they play up some, play down others, ignore still others"

James MacGregor Burns, Author

"If you are going to point a finger, you point it at me"

David Wells, Athlete

"To have command is to have all the power you will ever need. To have all the power you will ever need, is to have the world in the palm of you hand"

Tiberius, Statesman

"A leader who loses his connection to his people soon loses the ability to lead them"

Robert Ley, Soldier

"I am a partisan and artisan of Europe. But I draw the lessons of my experience in government"

Laurent Fabius, Statesman

"President Ford was a devoted, decent man of impeccable integrity who put service to his country before his own self interest. He helped heal our nation during a time of crisis, provided steady leadership and restored people's faith in the presidency and in government"

Mark Udall, Politician

"When it comes to helping make the country strong, we in Congress have an important role to play"

Mac Thornberry, Politician

"That moment was very important because it was political. That's what has to be done, so they struck a deal. She figures his is a well-thought-out motivation that she felt was worthy trade-off. The motivation here is survival, and she has to think like a leader"

Mary McDonnell, Actress

"In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like persons"

James MacGregor Burns, Author

"For people who are really talented, what you don't say becomes extremely important. You have to judge what to say and what to leave alone so you can let the talent develop"

Itzhak Perlman, Musician

"Without bureaus, committees, officials or emissaries to manufacture sentiment in his favor, without intrigue or effort on his part, Grant is the candidate whose supporters have never threatened to bolt"

Roscoe Conkling, Politician

"My point is cutting spending shouldn't be reliant on the debt limit though. It's something we have to do. The good news for America is leaders in both parties, the president, believe that we have to have significant deficit reduction. So the intent is there. And I think what America is going to demand is that our leaders come together"

David Plouffe, Public Servant

"Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done"

Vance Packard, Writer

"President Clinton was able to achieve budget surpluses despite a divided government"

Jim Cooper, Politician

"I participated on debating teams and in student government, and served as senior class president"

Paul D. Boyer, Scientist

"That the potential to become Level 5 exists in you and me and the people we work with and that it is then a process or a journey to nurture that seed... in a culture by and large that doesn't reinforce it"

James Collins, Athlete

"Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he will not crumble when the world, from his point of view, is too stupid or base for what he wants to offer. Only he who in the face of all this can say, 'In spite of all!' has the calling for politics"

Max Weber, Economist

"There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader"

Rudy Giuliani, Politician

"In choosing a president, we really don't choose a Republican or Democrat, a conservative or liberal. We choose a leader"

Rudy Giuliani, Politician

"I am saying that in Wales here we have a very clear election commitment and I hope, and I will express this view, I hope that every individual member of the Labour Party will understand that and will strive to achieve unity so that we can deliver the yes vote in the Autumn"

Ron Davies, Politician

"At the state level, we must take a careful look at what went wrong and make sure it never happens again. The buck stops here, and as your governor, I take full responsibility"

Kathleen Blanco, Politician

"Power has no limits"

Tiberius, Statesman

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