Leadership & Management: Vision & Strategy Quotes

John Pistole, Public Servant

"I stand before you today because this vision of government as the engine of opportunity is what I believe in"

Eliot Spitzer, Lawyer

"What we have achieved is a good example of how the right policies deliver"

Rodrigo Rato, Politician

"I want to improve TSA's counterterrorism focus through intelligence and cutting edge technology, support the TSA workforce, and strengthen the agency's relationships with stakeholders and the traveling public. All of these priorities are interconnected and are vital to TSA's mission - and I would say, all of our collective mission"

John Pistole, Public Servant

"The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible"

Jacques Chirac, Statesman

"I think we can find a formula that would be to everyone's satisfaction, which would make it possible for Croatia to take some more steps and for Europe to accept us into its midst, and for the talks to start"

Stjepan Mesic, Statesman

"There's no reason for Gillette to be world class on the web, but there's every reason for Gillette to be world class in producing billions of high powered razor blades at low cost"

James Collins, Athlete

"The answer I have is, you know, there a lot of things you can try to build to last. And what we try to do in our work is to come up with ideas that will last. Ideas that will stand the test of time"

James Collins, Athlete

"We vote - if the public votes 50 percent, we vote 70 percent. So we have a bigger impact with our numbers, and the organization and the manpower we can bring to a race"

James P. Hoffa, Businessman

"The power to define the situation is the ultimate power"

Jerry Rubin, Activist

"We often plough so much energy into the big picture, we forget the pixels"

Silvia Cartwright, Statesman

"We would certainly encourage the Italian government to put forward an ambitious agenda of reform"

Rodrigo Rato, Politician

"Finally, we are a nation with some conscience. It means alliances are extremely important when they're based on a national interest. We have to have the ability to sustain our presence within those alliances"

Malcolm Wallop, Politician

"France will insist on the need for updated and responsive institutions"

Jacques Chirac, Statesman

"By creating a Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District, we will give local governments a framework for working together on an issue that affects our whole state"

Roy Barnes, Politician

"The secret of big and revolutionary actions also consists in discovering the tiny step that is simultaneously a strategic step, insofar as it entails additional steps in the direction of a better reality"

Gustav Heinemann, Politician

"Expressing the thoughts of my comrades, I suggested, among other means, the organization of an international information service on inventories, on production, and on the needs of the various countries for raw materials"

Leon Jouhaux, Leader

"First, we have to lower our costs to levels that are more competitive. This will prevent the lower-cost airlines from pushing us out of the markets we want to serve. We've made great progress on this front, but we need to keep pushing"

Gerard Arpey, Businessman

"I don't think there's any one definition, but to do effective political work you have to have vision and practicality, and learn how to persuade people that what you feel needs to be done does need to be done"

Alan Cranston, Politician

"Well, I would never admit to copying Karl Rove's play book, but there's no doubt that what the Bush people did in 2004 was impressive. They had neighbors talking to neighbors. They did a remarkable job increasing Republican turnout in states like Ohio and Florida"

David Plouffe, Public Servant

"If we prove capable of showing a pioneering commitment, we shall create a commmunity listened to around the world"

Jacques Chirac, Statesman

"From day one, our next generation system will run all our exsisting software - So that gives us a head start"

Trip Hawkins, Businessman

"It is very important to lead the field and innovate in game design"

John Romero, Inventor

"We'll look at the Japanese launch as a model and aspire to have things go as well as they did over there"

Trip Hawkins, Businessman

"We just have to be crystal clear that if we were to abandon all the reforms made over some very painful years in the Labour Party, we would be consigned back to opposition"

Patricia Hewitt, Politician

"I think our vision heretofore has been and should continue to be to have Cardozo be the kind of law school that we can be proud of. I would like to see it gain recognition as one of the three best law schools in New York City"

Norman Lamm, Educator

"My goal with the Canadian border is the same goal I have for Japan and Korea"

Mike Johanns, Politician

"It is time for a new direction for our nation's energy policies"

Lois Capps, Politician

"All these directors, and I would include the Coen brothers and Quentin, have a very unique vision of what they want. They listen to ideas and make people feel like everyone is making the film"

Steve Buscemi, Actor

"Our Fly Smart philosophy is about investing only on those points of differentiation that pay for themselves, that earn a revenue premium commensurate with what it costs us to provide that product or service"

Gerard Arpey, Businessman

"But I definitely see us playing a major role in St. Louis in the years to come. We already provide service to 95 percent of the markets St. Louis travelers visit the most. And we're adding capacity in some of the most important markets"

Gerard Arpey, Businessman

"You've got to respond to that, and, of course, thinking through the role of a left party in the modern world, in the modern economy and society, and having a policy response to that"

Patricia Hewitt, Politician

"There is no city in America that has reduced crime as much as we have in the last three years. This is not the product of accident. This is the product of design"

Rudy Giuliani, Politician

"In choosing Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, John McCain has chosen for the future"

Rudy Giuliani, Politician

"Play off everyone against each other, so that you have more avenues of action open to you"

Howard Hughes, Businessman

"Today, being the biggest developing countries in the world, China and India are both committed to developing their economy and raising their people's living standards"

Li Peng, Public Servant

"We have to think about the future and what it is we want to accomplish from this party"

Eddie Bernice Johnson, Politician

"That's an economic development program in the metropolitan area. If they don't see that, and you don't get these things done, then you're competing with Texas and California and Atlanta; then you really have problems"

Richard M. Daley, Politician

"I take great pride in having been able to overcome the Asian financial crisis, and seeking the opportunities available to bring about an unprecedented growth in the economy"

Zhu Rongji, Statesman

"You know, a better man for a better America. That's sort of our slogan"

Bob Dole, Politician

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