Leadership & Management: Vision & Strategy Quotes

"We aim to express the passion of our members in something actionable that we can all, in fact, do"

Joan Blades, Businessman

"This is no job for a UN committee. It needs the same kind of unwavering dedication and the kinds of people that got us the first nuclear submarine and the first man on the Moon"

Wilson Greatbatch, Inventor

"Basic philosophy, spirit and drive of an organization have far more to do with its relative achievements than do technological or economic resources, organizational structure, innovation and timing"

Marvin Bower, Businessman

"I think the Prime Minister has embarked on a journey, and he has no idea where he's taking us"

John Hewson, Politician

"They want more production and they want it cheaper. But no matter what happens, the creative idea will be perpetuated by somebody who comes up with a vision. I don't care if there are three CEOs - it takes one guy with an idea"

Joe Grant, Artist

"And one of the things we did here was we put the maximum amount of money up front in those cities that were at the greater risk, but that doesn't mean that we keep rebuilding the same security over and over again"

Michael Chertoff, Public Servant

"If you're running for reelection in the House of Representatives race, you know, it's very important to you that you be on fairly good terms with the local affiliates in the largest market in your area. I mean, you don't want to antagonize them"

Robert McChesney, Critic

"If we are to succeed, we must recognize that the community redevelopment is not solely the rehabilitation of housing, or putting a mall in the business strips"

Jane Byrne, Politician

"If for no other reason than the energy crisis now facing this country, the federal government should be eager to become partners with us in rebuilding our city"

Jane Byrne, Politician

"I don't have any illusions that what we are doing is sticking the the bottle. I don't think that's what we are doing. We are trying to make sure that the genie has friends, has food to eat, a way to grow"

Hilary Rosen, Businesswoman

"Congress must take responsibility for a new positive direction - an innovative agenda that will lead to a more secure America. Secure communities, secure economies, and a secure quality of life"

Rick Larsen, Politician

"If you had found the right candidate in 2000 or 2004, and you could have put that man or woman, given them ballot access in September of the election year, they could have won the election"

Hamilton Jordan, Public Servant

"Bill and Hillary Clinton have one central idea in their uncluttered, ambitious minds: Hillary in 2008. Let Bush get re-elected, use the '04 primaries and general election to clean out the underbrush of competing Democratic candidates, and proceed unimpeded to the '08 nomination"

Dick Morris, Author

"'Yes' is a far more potent word than 'no' in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side, one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say"

Dick Morris, Author

"Just as predatory animals follow a similar general design and behave in similar ways, so organizations, especially those in competition with one another, must follow certain design principles if they are to succeed and prevail"

Robert Shea, Author

"But the more an organization succeeds and prospers, the more it is likely to be diverted from its original ideals, principles and purposes"

Robert Shea, Author

"If we can but tear the blindfold of self-deception from our eyes and loosen the gag of self-denial from our voices, we can restore our country to greatness"

Theodore C. Sorensen, Lawyer

"My district includes the two urban centers of Charlotte and Fayetteville, as well as large rural areas. Obviously, these diverse segments of North Carolina require different approaches to meeting current and future transportation demands"

Robin Hayes, Politician

"A stronger focus on quality public policymaking and less distraction of personalities would be a sufficient and important contribution I can make"

Jay Weatherill, Politician

"I think Democrats made a mistake running away from liberalism. Liberalism, uh, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John and Robert Kennedy - that's what the Democratic Party ought to reach for"

Theodore C. Sorensen, Lawyer

"We certainly will prepare consciously and professionally, but still you cannot predict the future"

Laurent Jalabert, Athlete

"If we wish our state's growth to continue, then our future will increasingly be with industries that require a highly skilled and technically proficient workforce"

Jay Weatherill, Politician

"Keep your enemies in front of you"

Chris Matthews, Journalist

"This is about Floridians saying what's most important to them and making sure that we create an agenda that we can drive and deliver back in Washington, D.C. So it's very exciting"

Katherine Harris, Politician

"All this improvement is great, but all that does is get us in the game to play for improvements that we need in the future, so that we can be aggressive in the marketplace"

Rick Wagoner, Businessman

"The White House has a choice: They can change course, or they can double down on a vision of government that the American people have roundly rejected"

Mitch McConnell, Politician

"If the administration wants cooperation, it will have to begin to move in our direction"

Mitch McConnell, Politician

"We're not gonna misread our mandate"

Mitch McConnell, Politician

"We've lost sight of our role in the region and our view of our colleagues in the region"

John Hewson, Politician

"Our real interest starts with our neighbors... The future is about regional economies"

Jean Charest, Lawyer

"We're not paying attention to the fact that Hillary Clinton is running in 2006. Everyone is looking to her for the future. It's the same with anybody else who's positioning themselves"

Gwen Ifill, Journalist

"This is the task, I think, of a letter movement. But it should be set up only in states where a significant response can be achieved, for a letter movement necessarily presupposes a strong organization"

Fredrik Bajer, Writer

"I came here to help make America more competitive and prosperous by developing an energy policy that increases conservation, promotes cleaner technologies, encourages development of renewables and enhances domestic production of gas and oil"

Greg Walden, Politician

"It makes sense to invest in new work. It's almost like having a research department in a scientific laboratory. You have to try things out. You'll make some bad mistakes. Some things will fail, but at least you'll energise the organisation"

Gavin Bryars, Composer

"I think he's informing himself, reaching out and getting ideas and information and advice. I haven't the slightest doubt that internally taking shape in that marvelous brain of his is a philosophy of foreign affairs. But it would be premature to say that one is fully formed"

Theodore C. Sorensen, Lawyer

"As a state, we are so uniquely positioned in so many ways. Our geography, our placement in the country, and our history positions us to be the state that propels energy efficiency as an industry"

Jennifer Granholm, Politician

"The foundations of democratic transition should be laid in accordance with a sincere and committed strategy that is supported by various policy tools, and implemented wisely"

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President

"Even as we ought to accept that each country would progress with a different method and speed toward that goal, the standard for the expected end-state should not be lowered"

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President

"If you start to catalog Hillary Clinton's positions between now and 2008, we're going to have a lot of conversations because there are a lot of places for her to go"

Gwen Ifill, Journalist

"If it were the Clinton people, they'd be sitting around figuring out how to pull themselves out. Instead, the president is continuing to go around the country and peddling Social Security, which the needle is not moving on"

Gwen Ifill, Journalist

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