Leadership & Management: Leadership Quotes

"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

"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

"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

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

Ziaur Rahman, 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

"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

"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

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

Emerson Fittipaldi, Celebrity

"We're not going to pay attention to the silliness and the petty comments. And quite frankly, women have joined me in this effort, and so it's not about appearances. It's about effectiveness"

Katherine Harris, Politician

"As Bob Dole found out, you can't keep a positive image while being your party's mouthpiece in Congress. That's why no legislative leader since James Madison has ever been elected president"

Dick Morris, Author

"Elections are about choosing sides, but inaugurations are about closing ranks"

Ted Kulongoski, Politician

"You know, Quincy Jones was a great mentor, but he was a man in a man's world. Fortunately he's a very sensitive man and a beautiful human being, and even though he was 14 or 15 years older than me, he's a capable human being and has great communication skills"

Lesley Gore, Musician

"They don't think we're in touch with modern Britain or understand modern Britain or like modern Britain"

Francis Maude, Politician

"If you present good government, then elections look after themselves"

Jay Weatherill, Politician

"I think the truth of it is that when you get down to actually having to do the things on the ground, there is only one way to do it, and that's in cooperation with the communities"

Jay Weatherill, Politician

"I am not a newcomer, you know, so I want to be judged for what I did when I was prime minister last time in Italy, and president of the European Commission for more than five years"

Romano Prodi, Statesman

"Like it or not, the people of Arkansas sent me to Washington to represent them in this great body"

Mark Pryor, Politician

"As leader of the effort of the Iraqi Survey Group, I spent most of my days not out in the field leading inspections. It's typically what you do at that level. I was trying to motivate, direct, find strategies"

David Kay, Scientist

"We have a beautiful program, which is audacious, and I really want us all to roll up our sleeves and to work at making it a success"

Pauline Marois, Politician

"There's no deep bench there, Mahmoud Abbas is, I think, the best leader of the Palestinians we could field"

Jane Harman, Politician

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