Leadership Quotes (4454 Quotes)


    The families in the Gulf don't need to hear a speech from me and, frankly, they don't need to hear another speech from the president, ... What they need is leadership.

    I believe that the people who run the private sector, who run these companies, they do have children, they do have grandchildren, they do live and breathe in the world. It's a matter of working with the leadership of these companies and seeking their participation.

    ... power is the basic energy needed to initiate and sustain action or, to put it another way, the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it. Leadership is the wise use of this power Transformative leadership.


    After me, everybody started drafting speed. But they used to laugh at a lot of those guys because they couldn't catch. Otto Graham once said that I had 9.1 speed and 12-flat hands, but I proved him wrong. I was the leader of the pack.


    We are indeed fortunate to live in this favored country where we can participate in the selection of our governmental leaders and register our choice in a secret ballot. The selection of proper leaders is extremely important in maintaining good government. I encourage all of you who are eligible to vote to exercise your franchise according to the dictates of your conscience.

    The frustrating part is we're right there. We're in every game going down to the last two or three minutes. we've just got to do a better job as far as showing some poise and some leadership to make sure guys are all of one accord. Of late, it just hasn't been there. It's fun basketball to be in a game that comes down to the last three or four minutes, but it's not fun when you're not winning. We just have to find a way to close them out.

    While Mayor Daley surprised me today with his decision to not run for reelection, I have never been surprised by his leadership, dedication and tireless work on behalf of the city and the people of Chicago.



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    Tom knows our solutions and services inside and out, and is the perfect fit for this new role within the company. Working extensively with VARs within this industry for years, he has the leadership experience to ensure we have the right partners to ramp up quickly in these new markets.

    One of the things I talk about is the importance of having strong families in our state. It's the base of society. Strong families build the leaders of tomorrow. Strong families keep down the cost of government.

    One year, President Nazarbayev was at the Christmas party, and in his toast, he talked about Nazarbayev as a forward-looking leader, as someone who's going to bring democracy to Kazakhstan. And there were tears in his eyes. He's a true believer.

    I applaud Senator Feinstein and Governor Schwarzenegger who are part of the growing bipartisan coalition of leaders determined to give hope to patients and families suffering from chronic disease and injury. However, the Brownback bill in the United States Senate would prohibit a technique that allows critical patient-specific stem cell research. If passed, this would have overwhelming and devastating consequences to the advancement of medical science here in California and around the world, severely harming our research funding program in California and undermining the basic right of families in this country to gain access to ethical therapies to help their loved ones. We owe it to the future of California and the nation to follow the vision of hope for patients.

    If the Palestinian leadership is prepared to confront the challenge of setting up a Palestinian state and solving the hardships of its people, it must understand that a condition for that is ending the conflict with Israel.

    With the consent decree moving from the negotiation stage to the implementation, it is time for new leadership, ... For the sake of Angelenos, we must focus our efforts on the core management issues of community policing, recruitment, morale and consent decree implementation.

    We're projecting technology earnings are going to grow almost 40 percent this quarter and that's on top of a very, very strong 1999. Energy company earnings obviously will grow close to 80 percent, but that's on top of a weak '99. So there are companies that should have leadership. After all, if you look at the companies that issue profit warnings last week Maytag, McDonald's, I mean I don't think the future of growth of American economy is washing machines or cheeseburgers.

    He's been a big part of our success these last two years. This year he has taken on a leadership role. He's matured and been a vocal leader. He's not afraid to say the tough things that may ruffle some feathers. But I think everyone on the team really likes and respect him.

    Geoff Davis is associating himself with the highest national party leadership. I don't know how that's going to play in 2006. It might not look so good seven or eight months from now.

    I think someone who takes the presidency must not take it to learn. (There is) a crisis of leadership and it needs someone who understands already the depth of human suffering and the difficulties we are confronted with. There's no time for learning.




    The board of directors had asked me to stay on through April to ensure a smooth transition, ... That transition is complete, and I am very confident that the Coca-Cola Co. is in very good hands under the leadership of Doug Daft and Jack Stahl.

    The failure of work manifests itself in many ways diminished self-esteem, toil without dignity, long hours on the job, poor pay, and the growing financial disparity between rank and file (the typical CEO in the 1990s made 150 times the average worker's pay), petty bureaucratic politics, the purposelessness of many of our tasks, the gnawing lack of creativity, fulfillment, and genuine sense of involvement on the job, the absence of autonomy, the increasing sense of isolation, excessive competitiveness, ineffective and inept leadership, physical and psychological enervation, feeling trapped in a system that primarily promotes products and profits over people, and the absence of the simple expectation of reward and recognition for a job well done.


    The biggest factor in our success has been our senior leadership, ... We don't really have a feature player, but we have a lot of kids who have been doing a lot of good things.

    A person who sins neither in thought nor deed, and is fair and just, gains enormous courage and strength. As a leader, you need courage born of integrity in order to be capable of powerful leadership. To achieve this courage, you must search your heart, and make sure your conscience is clear and your behavior is beyond reproach.

    I think he's come on late here, and that's what we need out of a senior leader. I'm not surprised it's taken him a while to come around given what he's been through, but as the season's gone along he's gotten stronger and better.

    Only 10 New York Stock Exchange stocks made new lows yesterday, so it's clear that there is a great deal of underlying market strength. Industrials remain the clear winner, as they reached another new high yesterday. Financials had a huge rally and also closed at a new high. Leadership will eventually shift back to tech, energy and basic materials, but we're not there yet.

    I think a lot is happening in the PC business that I think bodes very well for PC demand and they are kingpin, in terms of being able to produce profits in the PC business. So I think they are the leader for the PC companies and I think that that's where you need to look to them.




    It taught me more leadership skills, ... I'm senior patrol leader, and I have trouble getting the kids to listen sometimes. I learned that to get them more involved, if you tell them what they have to do and give them some incentives -- let them do what they want to do -- they will do what you want them to do.

    During the time I've been here I believe the company has made significant progress toward the goals we all had in mind when I came. We're now seen as a leader in our industry on a number of dimensions, ... I believe the business is being well managed and is heading in a very positive direction.




    The region is very resilient because the governments have cooperated to fight against terrorists. Terrorism can be managed by the Southeast Asian governments. The leaders must remain committed.

    We've had eight new players on this team this year. I've been real happy with our leadership, especially from Brad Peterson (nine points on Saturday). He's sacrificed a lot of his personal statistics to make us a better team. A lot of our guys have done that.



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