Leadership & Management: Vision & Strategy Quotes

"It is certainly not unrealistic to think we could have elections by mid-year 2004, and when a sovereign government is installed - my job here will be done"

Paul Bremer, Statesman

"The Democratic chairman doesn't need to be a household name. Most people didn't know who Ron Brown was when he was chairman of the Democratic Party, but he put the party in a position where Bill Clinton could come in, and he had a solid base to run from"

Susan Estrich, Journalist

"I saw many aspects of the country which I needed to see in order that I might know what we need to do"

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Activist

"Our nation's infrastructure needs are tremendous, and they're growing"

Bill Lipinski, Politician

"You can't imagine a world, quite frankly, without a safe and secure aviation system. And so our job is to really focus on that, and what we need to do to keep it safe and secure"

Janet Napolitano, Politician

"Those churches have closed down or have been merged with a church that has a more positive vision"

Bill Hybels, Clergyman

"It is our duty and our privilege to keep America moving forward"

Bill Frist, Politician

"If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world"

Claude Pepper, Politician

"If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and conscience in a room by himself"

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Historian

"I believe that given the audience attention level, we could do an even more compelling 90 minutes"

Vince McMahon, Entertainer

"One of the functions of an organization, of any organism, is to anticipate the future, so that those relationships can persist over time"

Kevin Kelly, Editor

"British politics is more nuanced. Part of the problem with New Labour is that they are a moving target"

Rory Bremner, Comedian

"Organizations get invested into a particular product. And sometimes the best thing is to stop making that product, even though it's profitable, because it has optimized at a local peak"

Kevin Kelly, Editor

"We must do all we can to reduce congestion in our urban areas and increase access and mobility in our rural areas, and this extra funding will help us get there"

John Warner, Politician

"You can bring down governments, you can do a lot of things that are in your own interests even though liberals will get very antsy when you start talking about it"

Tom Tancredo, Politician

"A country's strategy is always based on a fundamental philosophical outlook"

Marc Forne Molne, Politician

"An organization's reason for being, like that of any organism, is to help the parts that are in relationship to each other to be able to deal with change in the environment"

Kevin Kelly, Editor

"We have to still develop the IKEA Group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia"

Ingvar Kamprad, Businessman

"Our approach to economic development must be modern, focused, and in tune with the global trend"

Ibrahim Babangida, Statesman

"You are a large country, you have many resources, and you have people who are highly capable"

Sellapan Ramanathan, Statesman

"The solution is to first create an integrated economic development and recreation plan that addresses the needs of the people who live and recreate in central Idaho"

Michael K. Simpson, Politician

"Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to the business of reforming Nigeria, and the search for solutions"

Ibrahim Babangida, Statesman

"I think what we've learned is that the terrorist threat is serious, but it shifts. You cannot make a single person the sole focus of your counterterrorism"

Paul Bremer, Statesman

"The Berlin Defence suited my strategy for the match. I had a defensive strategy - actually, I had in my pocket some other sharper stuff to fall back on - but first I wanted to try the defensive strategy with Black and it worked so well"

Vladimir Kramnik, Celebrity

"But with the Berlin, I was able to allow him to get near, but not quite near enough, and I knew where to draw the line with the fortresses I had set up"

Vladimir Kramnik, Celebrity

"It is vital that we get these policies right as we take forward our plans to drive down the deficit and transform our economy"

David Cameron, Politician

"There's another horizon out there, one more horizon that you have to make for yourself and let other people discover it, and someone else will take it further on, you know"

Gordon Parks, Photographer

"There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people"

Jack Kemp, Politician

"Down in the south, it's how we find the brownfield sites without taking too much land, take to meet the tremendous demand for housing, and that's what I've done"

John Prescott, Politician

"The great thing about this town hall format is that it allows us to hear what's on the minds of Americans. Tonight, it was clear - voters have quite a few questions about the direction in which the current administration is headed"

Janet Napolitano, Politician

"We are not out to boast that there is so much percentage of growth per year. Our real concern is how it affects the lives of people, the future of our country"

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Activist

"You will attract the younger generation and they might well prove tougher than the older generation. What we are trying to do is to look at the future and see what we can do to bring some stability back to people's lives"

Ian Botham, Athlete

"Our top focus - protecting our Nation - must go beyond homeland preparedness; America will only be secure if we deal with threats before they happen, not just after they happen"

Bill Frist, Politician

"So not only do we need to deal with threats as they emerge, we have to be thinking in anticipation of future threats, and the things we do have to be things that enable the system to continue to work"

Janet Napolitano, Politician

"Alliances and international organizations should be understood as opportunities for leadership and a means to expand our influence, not as constraints on our power"

Chuck Hagel, Politician

"The nation needs to take a new approach to our energy problems"

Bobby Jindal, Politician

"What is the primary purpose of a political leader? To build a majority. If voters care about parking lots, then talk about parking lots"

Newt Gingrich, Politician

"One has to work for years and decades, to conduct negotiations, to stand for positions and points of view, to jointly develop a civilized view on the administrative and state organization of Chechnya"

Akhmad Kadyrov, Statesman

"I'm not saying my idea is the one and only idea. We should have other ideas, but the president has not laid down a specific plan as to how he's going to get us to solvency. I do that"

Chuck Hagel, Politician

"Congress should be forward thinking in the policies we set, instead of waiting until catastrophe looms"

Bill Frist, Politician

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