Leadership & Management: Leadership Quotes

"It must be remembered that the Bush White House has a separate talent for character assassination that must not be confused with a talent for governance"

Richard Dreyfuss, Actor

"The function of the politician, therefore, is one of continuous watchfulness and activity, and he must have intimate knowledge of details if he would work out grand results"

John George Nicolay, Writer

"Activity in politics also produces eager competition and sharp rivalry"

John George Nicolay, Writer

"Nothing ever gets settled in this town. A seething debating society in which the debate never stops, in which people never give up, including me. And so that's the atmosphere in which you administer"

George P. Shultz, Public Servant

"We further decree that the Senate of the United States elect a prominent Democrat as their presiding officer, to act as President until the next election, and to reconstruct the Cabinet according to our wishes hereafter to be declared"

Joshua A. Norton, Celebrity

"Polling is merely an instrument for gauging public opinion. When a president or any other leader pays attention to poll results, he is, in effect, paying attention to the views of the people. Any other interpretation is nonsense"

George Gallup, Businessman

"I was a product of the times, the war, the occupation, the reoccupation, my 4 years in Britain, admiring but at the same time questioning whether they are able to do a better job than we can"

Lee Kuan Yew, Statesman

"For instance, Clinton, who was unquestionably the smartest of the bunch I talked to - both the ones who made it and didn't. He had a great interest in policy"

Robert Scheer, Journalist

"I am proud of the President's leadership. I am proud to support him in saying: Yes, we are going to do what is necessary now when it is less painful and less expensive"

Kay Bailey Hutchison, Politician

"The culture of the chairmanship is to be the dominant voice in the Fed. If you have a weak chairman... the markets could be very unsettled"

David Jones

"I'm equally comfortable in getting out there and taking a stand when I have to take a stand"

Sanjay Kumar, Businessman

"It is very difficult to know what may be in the back of the mind of public figures"

Robert Bourassa, Politician

"I never apologize for my efforts to support worthy projects that Alabama"

Richard Shelby, Politician

"It's not as if our party has a leadership campaign underway"

Peter MacKay, Politician

"I think what separates me from the candidates is the fact that I have a proven track record of being a fighter. A fighting for what people believe in, whether it is popular or not. Despite the opposition, I stand true. Because people know that I will do what I say. And that I say what I do"

Michele Bachmann, Politician

"I never believed that surrendering the executive power should be a condition of getting the second term. The second term should stand on its own feet"

Jim Gilmore, Politician

"A sovereign's great example forms a people; the public breast is noble or vile as he inspires it"

David Mallet, Dramatist

"I had to make a change. It was no slight on my staff either. We'd all been at Boro for seven years. But certain players had got too familiar with the set-up. I had to turn it round. Terry was the one man I could think of to do it. So I went for him"

Bryan Robson, Athlete

"And I remember looking at Gray Davis and you know, Gray is the consummate political operative"

Mike Curb, Musician

"The mandate you go with is intimidating, and also is a source of respect that you gain, because you have come with this mandate from the United Nations"

Lakhdar Brahimi, Diplomat

"Grace Portolesi is a strong, assertive, passionate young woman and she is precisely the sort of person I want in my cabinet, and she will have a senior role"

Jay Weatherill, Politician

"FDR had been Assistant Secretary of the Navy. They told me, now forgotten, just how many pictures of ships they took out of the White House after he died. But he could choose good men"

Stuart Symington, Businessman

"We've got to get women to sit at the table"

Sheryl Sandberg, Businessman

"Finally, I want to make the point that we are Republicans. We are the majority. It is going to be a little more difficult because we have to govern and come up with ideas"

Jack Kingston, Politician

"At his direction, I have taken command as the temporary Head of the Republic"

Ziaur Rahman, Politician

"I can make men follow me to hell"

Philip Kearny, Soldier

"How few, since the foundation of the world, have found themselves in a position environed with public perils so numerous, oppressed with responsibilities so high and solemn, as yourself!"

Robert Dale Owen, Politician

"My job now, as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, is to take this process forward, and that I'm determined to do, whatever old clippings you dig out and whatever old quotes you put before me"

Peter Hain, Politician

"Convinced that behavior and conduct are every bit as important as skills and expertise, I sought to build the firm into an enduring, values-based institution"

Marvin Bower, Businessman

"Business leaders shape public opinion"

Marvin Bower, Businessman

"Overall, the challenge of leadership is both moral and one of developing the characteristics that make us respected by one another"

Louis Farrakhan, Activist

"The business manager was doing fine back in his office while they were out on the line, hungry. And so they started to see a lot of that and there was that maybe the leadership had its own cause. More so than the miners, you know, it was like a power struggle"

Richard Grimes, Writer

"The president of the United States actually has to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time"

John Edwards, Politician

"Pro football was taking off when I became commissioner, and when a sport's successful and you're its chief executive officer, much of the credit flows to you and you develop a good track record"

Pete Rozelle, Celebrity

"We need a strong, bold constitutional conservative who won't back down and who will fight for the values we believe in. That's what we need for our nominee, whether it is me or whether it is someone else"

Michele Bachmann, Politician

"Did I say that the President's entire job is image management? Of course not"

Gwen Ifill, Journalist

"As federal lawmakers, we have a responsibility to set a precedent for energy efficient practices"

Greg Walden, Politician

"Don't organize in the spirit of antagonism; that should be beneath your consideration"

Mark Hanna, Businessman

"The political health of Britain has deteriorated very sharply. The Conservative Party must do something about it. I am the man to do it"

Kenneth Clarke, Politician

"I think with new President Chris Pook of CART, he is very active and strong"

Emerson Fittipaldi, Celebrity

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