Leadership & Management: Leadership Quotes

"Eddie is a natural leader. Jeff and I have been very much in control of previous bands we've worked in. But the way Eddie grew into being the leader of this band was the most gradual, slow and respectful process that I've ever been involved in"

Stone Gossard, Musician

"And it turns out that tribes, not money, not factories, that can change our world, that can change politics, that can align large numbers of people. Not because you force them to do something against their will. But because they wanted to connect"

Seth Godin, Writer

"I think I should be active politically. Because I look upon myself as a politician. That's not a dirty work, you know. Some people think that there are something wrong with politicians. Of course, something wrong with some politicians"

Aung San Suu Kyi, Activist

"When you get to the top, stay there and make sure other women join you"

Maureen Reagan, Celebrity

"One can say that three pre-eminent qualities are decisive for the politician: passion, a feeling of responsibility, and a sense of proportion"

Max Weber, Economist

"The Nobel Prize gives one the opportunity to take public stands"

Philip Warren Anderson, Scientist

"I hope a great young Reagan will emerge"

Pat Boone, Musician

"That's not to say Eddie's never done anything malicious. But he never grabbed power for power's sake. His position was gained only because he has that energy, and that's naturally where he ended up"

Stone Gossard, Musician

"We must never bend too much"

Yitzhak Shamir, Statesman

"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

"Ladies and gentlemen, on the occasion of my election I received many letters from people representing all segments of the population and all professions, especially from the younger generation, linking my inauguration with great - far too great - expectations"

Gustav Heinemann, Politician

"What we heard today was not fiscal leadership from our Commander-in-Chief, what we heard today was a political broadside from our Campaigner-in-Chief"

Paul Ryan, Politician

"We need leadership. We don't need a doubling down on the failed politics of the past"

Paul Ryan, Politician

"Those who are critical of Alliance are the same people who have done nothing for 30 years"

Eliot Spitzer, Lawyer

"Later on, there were some problems with our navy, so he made me the head of the navy - all things that I hardly knew anything about. I was basically an ignorant young man"

Shimon Peres, Statesman

"Now, I learned soon enough, that among the three, two don't trust the third one - the third one is the government. Both industry and unions feel the government is a talking organization and a spending organization"

Shimon Peres, Statesman

"If you've experienced having control, you don't want to be moved to a subordinate position if you have your druthers"

Julius Erving, Athlete

"I want you to know that, despite what you might read at times in the newspapers or see on the television news, we have actually been getting a lot of things done the last several months, the U.S.-Canada relationship"

Paul Cellucci, Politician

"It's a good thing Winston Churchill was around before the shallow age of television. He might never have become one of the greatest leaders of all time"

Neil Cavuto, Journalist

"To have a man who can flirt is next thing to indispensable to a leader of society"

Margaret Oliphant, Novelist

"You cannot speak on behalf of a nation when you have no mandate to do so"

Jean-Marie Le Pen, Politician

"The Secret Service is a strange group. They don't really have a leader. It's not set up like a military. Each one is supposed to be able to act like a leader when something comes up"

Val Kilmer, Actor

"In the United States Senate, we cannot do great things without reaching across the aisle and working together - and I look forward to the challenges ahead"

Richard Burr, Politician

"But despite the challenges, I love being your Mayor"

Laura Miller, Politician

"But the question is to find and rear leaders that are really one with the masses. This can only be accomplished by the masses, the political parties and the Trade Unions, by means of the most severe struggle, also inwardly"

Herman Gorter, Poet

"But clearly at the same time you've got to get out there and connect with voters and actually respond to the needs, the frustrations, whatever problems their now saying are not being adequately solved"

Patricia Hewitt, Politician

"I look at directing as a sporting event. It's a race, a marathon. It's great when it clicks, which is why I push my crews so hard, so we can excel"

Michael Bay, Director

"Politicians are there to try to deal with stuff, but sometimes it's both fortunate and unfortunate that people like us have more... not involvement, but more power in the stuff that we say"

Thierry Henry, Athlete

"The office of President is a great one; to every true American it seems the greatest on earth. And to me, as I was engaged in weaving a background of music for the pageantry of it, there came a deeper realization of the effect of that office on the man"

John Philip Sousa, Musician

"Everybody would love to be mayor of Chicago. If you look at what we have done over many, many years and where we are today and the commitment by the business community, the commitment by the not-for-profit community - all this coming together - this is a wonderful city"

Richard M. Daley, Politician

"And one of the things I've tried to do in my first months in office is to give more Georgians - reporters and members of the general public alike - a closer look at how their government works"

Roy Barnes, Politician

"I enjoy getting things done. My philosophy is the edge, the edge of something. There's where we have to go in local government, in not only the philosophy but the creativity in people around you. They have to go to the edge"

Richard M. Daley, Politician

"First of all, it has never been the case that I have threatened people with expulsion, or that I've threatened to throw people out of the Parliamentary Labour Party"

Ron Davies, Politician

"I think the President inspires tremendous affection and loyalty by a wide range of people"

Kenneth Starr, Lawyer

"Every team that I've played on, I've either been the captain or co-captain"

Julius Erving, Athlete

"I just knew how to do the one thing I did, and whether I did it well or not depended on who the director was"

Jackie Cooper, Actor

"This is our bottom line, and the will of 1.25 billion Chinese people"

Zhu Rongji, Statesman

"I always try to keep my constituents as up-to-date as possible with what's going on here in Washington"

Steve Israel, Politician

"During the election, I had three male opponents and we went into a runoff. The front runner for the men was a native of Dallas who had run at large before, but I had a higher profile than him from my community service"

Eddie Bernice Johnson, Politician

"Fish recognize a bad leader"

Conan O'Brien, Entertainer

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