Leadership & Management: Leadership Quotes

"I'm coming to Washington, D.C., to do the people's work. And the people's work has to do with reducing spending and cutting budgets and, and trying to get a grip on the size of government"

Ken Buck, Politician

"I was able to do something that people can't do these days, which is to have quality time with the guys who were trying to be president and a number of them who got the job"

Robert Scheer, Journalist

"I thought they know that I was the Commander in Chief, not that I know that I am the Commander in Chief, and they should behave; know how to behave to the Commander in Chief"

Kamisese Mara, Statesman

"He that would govern others first should be master of himself"

Philip Massinger, Playwright

"I consider my voice to be a centrist moderate voice among the nine Democratic candidates"

Bob Graham, Politician

"We don't have a lot of Reagan-type leaders in our party. Remember Ronald Reagan Democrats? I want a Republican that can attract Democrats"

Lindsey Graham, Politician

"Such highly qualitative leadership is demanded especially in the realm of the fostering of right international relations. Here the demand is simply irresistible"

John Raleigh Mott, Celebrity

"I really believe, deep in my soul, that we're going to have to step up and face these challenges and be tough and pull together and unify and be creative and be willing to sacrifice"

Zach Wamp, Politician

"I think the big thing I've had going for me in that regard has been the success of the league. I don't have quite as much control over things as people believe, so I frequently receive more credit than I deserve, and occasionally more criticism as well"

Pete Rozelle, Celebrity

"You have had presidential candidates over the last 30 years who would have had a very hard time getting nominated under the old system. One example is John Kennedy"

Michael Beschloss, Historian

"We must lead in a different way... We must have an active president, who gives strong direction and works with the government for its implementation"

Lionel Jospin, Statesman

"Social conservatives say who drives the bus"

Richard Land

"In Ethiopia, democracy is in its infancy, and it must be nurtured along by its leaders"

Jack Kingston, Politician

"And I'd say one of the great lessons I've learned over the past couple of decades, from a management perspective, is that really when you come down to it, it really is all about people and all about leadership"

Steve Case, Businessman

"There are a lot of personal things that take place when becoming governor, and I am happy to work with him should he ask. I will give him the best advice I can give"

Scott McCallum, Politician

"The moment for action has arrived, and I know that I can trust in you to save our country"

George B. McClellan, Soldier

"We must govern from the middle, or we will not be able to govern at all"

Tom Daschle, Politician

"I think Mr. Clarke had a tendency to interfere too much with the activities of the CIA, and our leadership at the senior level let him interfere too much. So criticism from him, I kind of wear as a badge of honor"

Michael Scheuer, Public Servant

"Well, I feel that everybody in the country knows me. I think people know who I am, and that I'm deputy leader of the Labour Party, and that I'm out there talking about their big choice for the future"

Harriet Harman, Politician

"I expect that our associates will walk with a little more bounce in their step and understand that this company is behind them and has respect for them"

Lee Scott, Businessman

"Under the Obama administration, TSA has been operating without an administrator for a year and a half. After the president's first two choices failed to meet expectations, a new administrator, John Pistole, was finally approved on Friday. Unfortunately, it will be the fifth administrator in eight years"

John Mica, Politician

"For the first time perhaps since Margaret Thatcher, we will have at the head of the Conservative Party someone who is genuinely an equal match for Tony Blair"

Tim Yeo, Politician

"I work hard. The staff and crew see how much energy I put into this project, and it makes them step up"

Wanda Sykes, Comedian

"As the first Member of Congress from Western Washington to serve on the House Agriculture Committee in over 50 years, I am proud to represent the needs of our agriculture community"

Rick Larsen, Politician

"By and large, we have got to find the good leaders to work with, to make sure that we build the strength in these communities. Simply issuing edicts from Canberra isn't going to solve issues on the APY Lands"

Jay Weatherill, Politician

"I feel fantastically excited that we have a leader who fought for the leadership without compromising his quite challenging view that the party has to change"

Francis Maude, Politician

"During my six years with them, Dr Garnet Davey (subsequently Research Director), constantly supported me and, I have no doubt, fought many battles on my behalf to keep the initially controversial programme going"

James W. Black, Scientist

"Given Ivan's size and power, we must remain vigilant"

Mike Rogers, Writer

"Rotary provides training at all levels so that those who have been selected for leadership positions have the opportunity to learn and apply leadership principles to their jobs"

Ron D. Burton, Businessman

"Leadership in telecommunications is also essential, since we are now in the age of e-commerce"

Michael Oxley, Politician

"President Bush has shown great leadership. He has said that the 21st century will not be ruled or dictated by terrorists, dictators, and murderers. He is absolutely right. God bless him for his resolve"

Lindsey Graham, Politician

"If you criticise something, then you have to have an alternative, but we do have to try and improve things"

Linford Christie, Athlete

"So I think we have an obligation with our size to make sure that we are open to what people have to say to us because the people who criticize us, they're not all mean-spirited"

Lee Scott, Businessman

"Ambition, in a private man, is a vice, is in a prince, the virtue"

Philip Massinger, Playwright

"It is even more damaging for a minister to say foolish things than to do them"

Cardinal De Retz, Clergyman

"The leader of men in warfare can show himself to his followers only through a mask, a mask that he must make for himself, but a mask made in such form as will mark him to men of his time and place as the leader they want and need"

John Keegan, Historian

"Our country also hungers for leadership to ensure the long-term survival of our Social Security system. With 70 million baby boomers in this country on the verge of retirement, we need to take action to shore up the system!"

Kay Bailey Hutchison, Politician

"I'm a mediator by training and inclination"

Joan Blades, Businessman

"If the constitution goes, I go"

Kamisese Mara, Statesman

"No one wants to lose their job, or cede the power they've acquired"

Romano Prodi, Statesman

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