Leadership & Management: Vision & Strategy Quotes

"We tried to create advantages. We were never complacent!"

Bobby Rahal, Athlete

Carol Moseley Braun, Politician

"In these negotiations we are not a helpless object, although great world powers are involved. We play an active role and try to influence our destiny; we have our own trump cards and we use them"

Alija Izetbegovic, Activist

"There are a number of steps that we can take to reinvigorate and rebuild the economic and the physical infrastructure of our country and then to rebuild us, frankly, on a spiritual level"

Carol Moseley Braun, Politician

"Whoever can surprise well must conquer"

John Paul Jones, Soldier

"It's been President Clinton's dream that we'll have finally a fully integrated Europe"

Warren Christopher, Statesman

"In most recent times, as the West started being hostile to us, we deliberately declared a Look East policy"

Robert Mugabe, Statesman

"Change starts with a single step, but it takes a visionary to see the destination"

DeWitt Clinton, Politician

"The most important thing in business is to have a clear vision and stick to it"

John Fredriksen, Businessman

"I've had lengthy discussions with European farm leaders. It is clear they have an agricultural strategy to support their producers and gain dominance in world agricultural trade. They're gaining markets the old-fashioned way - they're buying them"

Kent Conrad, Politician

"We believe that the European Union is facing a truly historic choice"

Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Politician

"Visions describe what best should be, could be - if and when mankind has the will to make them real"

James Rouse, Businessman

"We must, from here on in, all go down the same path... There may not be another chance"

Maurice Strong, Businessman

"We provide many options in many product areas that they seem to want to adopt, and that's working well for us"

Jim Barksdale, Businessman

"But tending machinery was one thing; defining what we were trying to do and why we were doing it, and developing ways to measure how well the job was done - this was something else again"

Elliot Richardson, Lawyer

"It's also somewhat in the center of a number of things that will be useful to the company"

Jack Kilby, Scientist

"I'm a radical reformist, because between where we are and where I want to go there's a great deal of work, and I won't see the end of this"

Susan George, Activist

"It will take some time before a politician will capture the imagination of the American people and have the vision and understanding to do what is necessary for a better future for the people of America and the world"

David Korten, Activist

"Tonight was a great opportunity to take on the political status quo that has given us trillion dollar deficits and put millions out of work. Our objective was to inject some common sense into the conversation among Republicans at a time when business-as-usual simply won't work"

Gary Johnson

"Arizona faces many challenges ahead. None is more important or more pressing than passing a new state budget"

Jane D. Hull, Politician

"The Europe we are in the process of building is the Europe of the 21st century; it's not the Europe of the 20th century"

Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Politician

"I cannot resign myself to the decline of Europe and of France"

Jacques Delors, Economist

"We have a big opportunity in China. We think the number of stores here can rival the number in North America"

Howard Schultz, Businessman

"A campaign is about defining who you are - your vision and your opponent's vision"

Donna Brazile, Politician

"We need to punch back against the extremes of both the left and the right and define the terms of the debate ourselves"

John Avlon, Writer

"Europe has always represented a major strategic opportunity to achieve our goal of creating and building an enduring global brand"

Howard Schultz, Businessman

"If you're not out front defining your vision, your opponent will spend gobs of money to define it for you"

Donna Brazile, Politician

"My capital budget maintains my commitment to the education of children, health of the Chesapeake Bay, and safety of all Maryland citizens. We will continue to focus on the five pillars of my Administration as we build today and look forward to the projects of the future"

Robert. L. Ehrlich, Politician

"We will continue to count on your unwavering support and commitment to working with leaders of our continent in bringing about the desired renaissance of Africa"

Thabo Mbeki, Statesman

"What we bring to the table is not only our 56 field offices in the United States and our number of resident agencies, but also we have 45 legal attaches overseas"

Robert Mueller, Public Servant

"I believe we are going to move into a situation where the more effective conferences will be smaller, more specialized, more focused, with occasional large gatherings to get the attention of the larger world"

Maurice Strong, Businessman

"What will become compellingly important is absolute clarity of shared purpose and set of principles of conduct, sort of institutional genetic code, that every member of the organization understands in a common way, and with deep conviction"

Dee Hock, Businessman

"Our position in Europe is not negotiable. The Greek people will defend it by all means. But participation in the euro involves rules and obligations, which we must consistently meet. Greece belongs to Europe and Europe cannot be envisaged without Greece"

Lucas Papademos, Politician

"I am convinced that the public, large majority of the Greek people, realize that policies pursued in the past and the market practices have to be changed, in order to improve the prospects of the Greek economy. So there is, I think, strong public support despite the increases in social tensions"

Lucas Papademos, Politician

"Secondly, not only have we put additional agents on counterterrorism, but we've also built up our analytical structure so that we're better positioned to analyze the information we have"

Robert Mueller, Public Servant

"The Prime Minister of India, at a meeting that I co-chaired a few months ago, stated that any development that is not sustainable is not development"

Maurice Strong, Businessman

"It is necessary to develop a strategy that utilizes all the physical conditions and elements that are directly at hand. The best strategy relies upon an unlimited set of responses"

Morihei Ueshiba, Athlete

"Democrats have laid out a program that, if adopted, would make us independent of Middle Eastern oil in ten years, and create a new economy especially for those in rural America. Our program invests in clean energy alternatives and provides energy assistance for those in need"

Jim Clyburn, Politician

"We can no longer let the threat of an early frost send a chill of fear throughout a large portion of our workforce. Diversification is the only answer!"

Alan Autry, Actor

"Whether it be the heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute"

Junius, Writer

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