Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it's not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions. We can't be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can't be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.
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Men who find themselves late are never sure. They are all the things the civics books tell us the good citizen should be: partisans but never zealots, respectors of the facts which attend each situation but never benders of those facts, uncomfortable in positions of leadership but rarely unable to turn down a responsibility once it has been offered . . . or thrust upon them. They make the best leaders in a democracy because they are unlikely to fall in love with power.
At that moment, in the sunset on Watership Down, there was offered to General Woundwort the opportunity to show whether he was really the leader of vision and genius which he believed himself to be, or whether he was no more than a tyrant with the courage and cunning of a pirate. For one beat of his pulse the lame rabbit's idea shone clearly before him. He grasped it and realized what it meant. The next, he had pushed it away from him.
The world is being run by people my age, men my age, with falling-out hair and health worries, and it frightens me. When the leaders were older than me I could believe in their wisdom, I could believe they had transcended rage and malice and the need to be loved. Now I know better. I look at the faces in newspapers, in magazines, and wonder: what greeds, what furies drive them on?
Redtail was a brave warrior. His loyalty to ThunderClan could never be doubted. I always relied on his judgment, for it bore witness to the needs of the Clan, and was never swayed by self-interest or pride. He would have made a fine leader.
Ah God, what has man done to man? What have the leaders of men been doing to their fellow men? They have reduced them to less than humanness; and now there can be no fellowship any more! It is just a nightmare.
I know my Leader; that He is just as well as mighty; and while He has chosen a feeble instrument to perform a great task, He will, from the boundless stores of His providence, supply the inadequacy of the means to the end.
Technology needs to be the leader on the way up, because it was the leader on the way down. Even though the earnings reports are miserable, there's a light at the end of the tunnel. That's what investors are looking at right now.
The Democrats may remember their lines, but how quickly they forget the lessons of the past. I have witnessed five major wars in my lifetime, and I know how swiftly storm clouds can gather on a peaceful horizon. The next time a Saddam Hussein takes over Kuwait, or North Korea brandishes a nuclear weapon, will we be ready to respond In the end, it all comes down to leadership, and that is what this country is looking for now. (RNC Annual Gala, Feb. 3, 1994)
Our marvelous musicians will be ably guided into the magnificent new theatre under David's leadership.
The Guild leadership is resorting to wild accusations in a manner that accomplishes nothing of value at this time. We need to deal with the difficult decisions that impact our valued employees, and as always we believe it is best to discuss such matters directly with the Guild.
Boo, he's small, but a big leader, as I can him. He may be the smallest player on the court, but of course, he plays like the biggest. He always keeps us together in tough times.
Leadership is an active role; 'lead' is a verb. But the leader who tries to do it all is headed for burnout, and in a powerful hurry.
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He's been through a lot in this program and he has tremendous veteran leadership. He's always been a clutch guy.
He's meant so much as a player, but he's also done so much as far as motivating and showing these young people just what they should do. He's been a real leader.
He's part of a new generation of players and we thought that in Lawrence's absence it was important that the leadership of the team stayed within the forwards,
Jonathan controls the front seven, gets everyone lined up and takes care of the blitz package. He's been a great leader. He's an outstanding young man. He accepts coaching. He's done everything I've asked.
an outstanding candidate. He's a proven leader.
When a leader is in the Democratic party he's a boss when he's in the Republican party he's a leader
where you, the Iraq people, will choose your own leaders.
The Iraqis will choose who will be their next prime minister. The United States continues to urge the Iraqis to form a government of national unity with strong leadership.
Under my leadership, this country will not be available for adventures.
That is a very interesting position and I have learned to work with the leaders of our village and to be exposed to what is going on with issues and people involved.
Anytime that you are in the position of being minority leader, you have to wear a certain hat and be the devil's advocate. In the final analysis, he's still very strong. I still think he's the strongest U. S. senator in the state's history.
She's the heart and soul of the organization and the external leader. We have a short window of opportunity. If we don't do this (fundraising campaign) there's a risk there won't be a Focus HOPE going forward.
There are certain fundamental requisites for wise and resolute democratic leadership. It must build on hope, not on fear on honesty, not on falsehood on justice, not on injustice on public tranquility, not on violence on freedom, not on enslavement. It must weave a social fabric in which the most important strands are a devotion to truth and a commitment to righteousness. These are essential ingredients of the American way of life. They are the necessary conditions for the achievement of freedom and human progress the world over.
As long as these blood brothers are our leaders, and as long as your party officials are Jewish lackeys, you will be no threat to the big money men.
We just really need to get things going and not wait to let things happen. The leaders need to step up and lead the young guys in getting it going.
I knew, as a head coach, when they decided to let him walk away, that wasn't boding real well for my future. Jake has always been one of my favorites. He was a guy I was completely sold on as a quarterback, as a leader of that team.
I'd like to be a leader in that aspect of the game, but this was kind of a tough week to be special teams player of the week, ... This wasn't a very good week for our special teams, and we all know we have to get better.
We also feel that in moving Wayne into the role of general manager on an interim basis we will be better able to develop (coach) Sam Mitchell's growth toward being a very good NBA coach during the second half of the season. Wayne has the leadership qualities and league-wide credibility that we need to get to the next level. He has the full powers of a general manager.
It is nice to have guys back that you have coached before. You hope they would teach the younger players the ropes and also how to be a baseball player in this program. They are nice leaders, now I just hope the others follow.
I think when you have a new program, it's going to be really important for the older girls to step up and take control. It's going to be up to us to establish some leadership roles and I have no problem with that. It's going to be fun.
The political leaders are afraid to ask the public for any real sacrifice, which doesn't speak too highly of the citizenry.
We gave him a contract extension. Certainly that speaks volumes about what we think about our program and his continuous leadership.
What we have talked about with some congressional leaders is codifying into law what his authority already is, Sen. DeWine has some good ideas, and we think they're reasonable ideas.
We both started about the same time, ... He was very good, a good leader, very professional, a dedicated professional. . . . He certainly will be missed.
The Bolivia situation is just a bump in the road to energy integration. The leaders need to meet and set some groundwork for common energy goals for the region.
That block was huge. Our senior leadership was great tonight. We had a lot of talented young players step up and contribute for us as well.
While Hatch blames the loss on last-minute opposition whipped up by President Bill Clinton, the White House differs. What really cost Senator Hatch, ... was the leader and his party indicating that this was a deal-breaker and he would pull the budget resolution down if the Kennedy-Hatch amendment passed.
Our leadership was well represented and we hope it will be again.
She saw the problem, acted well and wisely, and cleaned up the mess. It repairs relations with key countries like Brazil and puts the United States in a much better position to play a leadership role going forward.
The greatest asset of America is to rally around a cause. That cause will have to come from leadership. Policy and action may be complicated, and changes certainly won't happen overnight, but we've got to start somewhere, and the first step is in creating interest that can turn into action.
He's more mature. He's taken this leadership role really seriously. He's carrying himself like he's a leader. He comes in with the play he's confident that it's going to work. It also trickles down on us.
Leadership has to do with direction. Management has to do with the speed, coordination and logistics in going in that direction. The WORKERS are chopping their way through the jungle. The MANAGERS are coordinating, making sure the tools are sharp, etc. The LEADERS climb a tree and shout Wrong jungle The MANAGERS shout back Be quiet We're making progress
Research has shown that the perceived style of leadership is by far the most important thing to most voters in evaluating officeholders and candidates.
Leadership skills from the military don't necessarily carry over to an academic setting. They can get very frustrated trying to herd cats.
Scott is a natural leader. And he had a winner's attitude. He's just a tremendous competitor. When it got down to crunch time, he wanted the ball, he wanted to make the play. And he was smart. He understood the offense, and we really were doing some different things back then. Everyone had confidence in him.
When we got to the second half of the year, he raised his level of play to another level. He became more of a leader out on the floor for us. He made some big plays at both ends of the floor when we needed something to happen.