Leadership & Management: Vision & Strategy Quotes

"Foreign policy will require a strategic agility that, whenever possible, gets ahead of problems, strengthens U.S. security and alliances, and promotes American interests and credibility"

Chuck Hagel, Politician

"You have to give the press confrontations. When you give them confrontations, you get attention; when you get attention, you can educate"

Newt Gingrich, Politician

"My theme is going to be: Together we can win the future. The right policies lead to the right results. And I'm going to argue that President Obama will lose the future because the wrong policies lead to the wrong results"

Newt Gingrich, Politician

"In every election in American history both parties have their cliches. The party that has the cliches that ring true wins"

Newt Gingrich, Politician

"I like to think that we've got a plan, so let's stick to it. That said, once we've stuck to it, we're allowed as much improvisation as anyone cares to indulge themselves in"

Guy Ritchie, Director

"We are going back to our roots by cultivating new unsigned talent who otherwise might go unnoticed"

Tommy Hilfiger, Designer

"I venture to allude to the impression which seemed generally to prevail among their brethren across the seas, that the Old Country must wake up if she intends to maintain her old position of pre-eminence in her colonial trade against foreign competitors"

King George V, Royalty

"In a time of constrained resources we will have to shift emphasis. But not necessarily from the traditional Political Officer to the traditional Economic Officer"

Lawrence Eagleburger, Diplomat

"We are setting the Third Renaissance building in our country as a strategic task and bringing it up to the level of a national idea"

Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President

"The way you want to respond is to ask a question: Is this technology directly relevant to our hedgehog concept? If the answer is YES, then we want to become pioneers, not in the technology, but in the application of that technology specifically linked to our hedgehog concept"

James Collins, Athlete

"George Bush has shown great skill at disguising an incredibly weak foreign policy"

Brad Sherman, Politician

"But getting your party structure right may also be a precondition for getting your policies right"

Patricia Hewitt, Politician

"We continued the hard work of integrating TWA because at that time we still thought an efficient connecting hub in St. Louis could be a profitable addition to our network"

Gerard Arpey, Businessman

"Annexation is probably the most valuable tool a city has to ensure orderly growth and development"

Jeff Hawkins, Inventor

"I learn from thinking about the future, what hasn't been done yet. That's kind of my constant obsession"

John Cale, Musician

"Doctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies"

Malcolm Wallop, Politician

"On energy, we should be exploring for domestic sources of energy"

Marsha Blackburn, Politician

"It is a fact that governments tend to put in place policies and strategies in response to current scenarios"

Julie Bishop, Politician

"Israel's capital will never again be a divided city, a city with a wall at its center, a city in which two flags fly. This city will, in its entirety, absorb immigrants, welcome pilgrims and be the eternal capital of Israel forever"

Yitzhak Shamir, Statesman

"In my address last year, I spoke on the issue of gaming. My preference then is my preference now: to keep gaming within its existing contours, but to explore a better deal for all Minnesotans"

Tim Pawlenty, Politician

"France on its own cannot impose its point of view. But neither should it give up on its demands. With a clear vote for change, France will be in a strong position"

Laurent Fabius, Statesman

"But Maastricht was not the end of history. It was a first step towards a Europe of growth, of employment, a social Europe. That was the vision of Francois Mitterrand. We are far from that now"

Laurent Fabius, Statesman

"Florida is a place of unparalleled diversity of backgrounds, experiences and vision. It makes our culture unique, but it can also make it difficult to define a common identity and create a sense of community that reaches beyond our neighborhoods to all corners of our state"

Jeb Bush, Politician

"These are times of unprecedented challenge and change in the airline industry, and the appointments we are announcing today will put American in an even stronger position to continue the substantial progress that has already been made under the tenets of our Turnaround Plan"

Gerard Arpey, Businessman

"With the spirit of my administration, New York City is poised for dramatic change. The era of fear has had a long enough reign"

Rudy Giuliani, Politician

"Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present"

Rudy Giuliani, Politician

"Our dependence on foreign energy sources is our Achilles heel, not just in the realm of diplomacy, but in terms of our future as the world's economic leader"

Judy Biggert, Politician

"It is critical that we have a comprehensive energy plan to provide affordable and reliable supplies of energy so that our economy will not be dependent on foreign sources of energy"

Richard Burr, Politician

"In 2005, we have a once in a generation opportunity to deliver a modern Marshall Plan for the developing world"

Gordon Brown, Politician

"I think that, on the reconciliation issue, if they had the votes, we wouldn't have had the summit. And if they try to go through reconciliation, it will be a change in semantics. Instead of the American people saying 'stop the bill' or 'kill the bill,' it's all going to be about repealing the bill. That's not the kind of discussion that they want"

Marsha Blackburn, Politician

"But the question we should ask ourselves is, who is the next visionary leader of America? How do we have the aspiration and inspire Americans to reach their highest level? We need a president that does so!"

Tim Scott, Politician

"I always admired Walt's optimism. He seemed to know the direction he was going to. When I was at the studio, I remember he kept driving all of us back down to a more fundamental level all the time"

John Hench, Artist

"Of course you know this difference as well as I do, only you failed to draw from it the conclusions for the tactics in Western Europe, at least as far as I am able to judge from your works"

Herman Gorter, Poet

"It is absolutely clear that government plays a key role, as a catalyst, in promoting long-run growth"

Fareed Zakaria, Journalist

"Moreover, from reforming the tax code to our immigration system, to commonsense legal reform, President Bush put America on notice that he will continue fighting to make the country, and the world, a better place for future generations"

Jim Sensenbrenner, Politician

"My vision is that our country should be integrated in the EU, to transfer a part of our independence there. It is also our duty to do it, if we want to establish trade and a sound economy. This is the vision that I am working on and I will continue to work in the future"

Ibrahim Rugova, Statesman

"So my answer is, YES, everyone can find a hedgehog concept. If these companies can do it, anyone can do it. And anybody who says they can't is simply whining"

James Collins, Athlete

"This is not the Chile we want to build"

Ricardo Lagos, Politician

"I see myself more as an ambassador of the game. And I hope to bring chess to a higher level in the United States. Making bigger tournaments, more interesting events. Making it a respectable profession for young people to be able to pursue in the future"

Maurice Ashley, Celebrity

"Many of us in Congress have been calling on the Administration to articulate a bold mission for NASA. It seems that the President is answering that call. I wholeheartedly support his vision for going back to the moon, and from there to worlds beyond"

Sheila Jackson Lee, Politician

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