Leadership & Management: Vision & Strategy Quotes

"So our focus has to be on the things that we can control, which is to take the necessary measures, working with Congress to ensure that our economy grows, that we create jobs"

Jay Carney, Public Servant

"Our single greatest challenge is the ability to move power to markets outside North Dakota"

John Hoeven, Politician

"But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later"

Walter Salles, Director

"And as an American colleague said to me several months ago, he said, 'I think the challenge in Jordan - and, again, this is for the rest of the Middle East - we need to define what center is. And once we can define what center is to a Jordanian, then we can decide what's left and what's right of that'"

King Abdullah II, Statesman

"We could have a budget that brings Americans together"

Patrick J. Kennedy, Politician

"I am pleased with the direction we are moving in"

Jim Nussle, Politician

"If you need to take a step back from day-to-day operations and plot out the long-term direction of your user experience strategy, consultants can give you a perspective you can't get on your own"

Jesse James Garrett, Businessman

"I think about the next season right away"

George Steinbrenner, Businessman

"You don't want to destroy the energy that comes out of a campaign"

Donna Shalala, Public Servant

"First, we have to find a common vocabulary for energy security. This notion has a radically different meaning for different people. For Americans, it is a geopolitical question. For the Europeans, right now it is very much focused on the dependence on imported natural gas"

Daniel Yergin, Author

"But that's not enough: To maintain energy security, one needs a supply system that provides a buffer against shocks. It needs large, flexible markets. And it's important to acknowledge the fact that the entire energy supply chain needs to be protected"

Daniel Yergin, Author

"I was criticized at some level within the Republican Party by those who say government should not be in the economic development business at all. My response is that the only country I know that doesn't have an economic development plan is Papa New Guinea"

Jon Huntsman, Jr., Politician

"For those of us who have lived abroad and seen our nation in a highly competitive 21st century, and kind of see where this world is going - unless we are able to strengthen our core, we're going to see the end of the American century. And that is totally unacceptable"

Jon Huntsman, Jr., Politician

"And I think the rolling polls put more pressure on them to sustain their beliefs, and to improve their delivery of the policy, and their delivery of the ideas, so that they can garner support for whatever principle they're articulating"

Jim Bolger, Statesman

"As much as we may want to withdraw into a world of pure problem solving, we have to acknowledge that the most successful architectures are the ones you can actually convince someone to implement"

Jesse James Garrett, Businessman

"That's what governors do, they wrestle with the issues, they find solutions and they move the agenda forward. At the appropriate time we'll talk about all of these issues, while remembering that our party is a big tent party. We lose when we try to become exclusive to one particular set of issues"

Jon Huntsman, Jr., Politician

"You have it within your grasp to be regarded as one of the greatest legislative sessions in the history of the state. If you're bold and if you're ready to aggressively reach for our future, all the ingredients are here. The opportunities are waiting for us!"

Dirk Kempthorne, Politician

"I grew up in the West, grew up on the land, was educated as a geologist. And I came here with a vision of what it is we ought to be doing"

Bruce Babbitt, Politician

"I am considering two things on a daily basis: what is right to do and what is wrong to do in my role as President of my people. According to my conscience, I am trying to abide by the right. My vision is peace. My vision is prosperity"

Boris Trajkovski, Statesman

"The issue for us is rebuilding a governing majority that is comfortable with differences that can transcend the divisiveness, and unify behind the principles that we know our party has succeeded on"

Eric Cantor, Politician

"We will strive to make Taiwan a better place and enable our people to live better lives"

Chen Shui-bian, Statesman

"The starting point for energy security today, as it has always been, is diversification of supplies and sources"

Daniel Yergin, Author

"We need more foreign reach; no question about that. And we're working on getting that. We need more people abroad; we need some more bureaus. That is really an important job"

Brit Hume, Journalist

"We can get more energy out of the North Slope of Alaska; we have available the ability to make ourselves less dependent on those uncertain sources of supply from the Middle East. And it's important we do that"

John W. Snow, Economist

"The Recovery Act is working, but it's going to continue to work. It's not over. A lot's going to happen this summer. And even after the summer, there's more to come with the Act"

Joe Biden, President

"Kosovo's destiny is clearly to join the European Union at some point"

Emma Bonino, Politician

"What politicians want to create is irreversible change, because when you leave office, someone changes it back again"

Estelle Morris, Politician

"There is nothing wrong with becoming more ambitious along the way, but I think what the government has asked the council to do is a perfectly good starting point"

Estelle Morris, Politician

"We’re not going to wait with our arms crossed until our destiny or markets are brought to us. We’re going to go and get them with decision and maturity"

José Mujica, President

"The government has no vision for a carbon-neutral economy"

Eve Borg Bonello, Politician

"Only a country that is not burdened by the past can direct all its energy towards the future. And we must be well prepared for it"

Nataša Pirc Musar, President

"We have a clear vision of the future: We are building a Just Kazakhstan, a country of equal opportunities and progress"

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President

"We must think about the future, considering long-term national interests and the specific needs of our country"

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President

"You have to see the pattern, understand the order and experience the vision"

Michael Gerber, Author

"I've always been a visionary. I see things before they happen"

Teyana Taylor, Musician

"I really want to move away from the old model in which you have to rely on people giving $10 after a humanitarian crisis to a newer model where people give money but also their time and their skills, whatever they have, to the causes that are personally meaningful to them well before the crisis moment presents itself"

Chris Hughes, Entrepreneur

"It's not enough to just live in the world as it is, you have to envision what it can be"

Meghan Markle, Actress

"We are determined to build a strong and united nation that can face any challenges"

Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Politician

"We are committed to building a strong and resilient economy that can withstand challenges"

Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Politician

"We are determined to develop a modern and efficient infrastructure system"

Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Politician

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