Leadership Quotes: Guidance for Todays Leaders - Page 15

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Image of Louis Farrakhan
Black leadership has to recognize that principles more than speech, character more than a claim, is greater in advancing the cause of our liberation than what has transpired thus far.
- Louis Farrakhan
Collection: Leadership
Image of Donald Evans
At the very outset I want to say how the people of America appreciate the steadfast support of the people of Morocco, the leadership of Morocco in our war against terrorism.
- Donald Evans
Collection: Leadership
Image of Yahoo Serious
We live in a time where government is not a leadership thing, it's more a business that's out there and running riot, so I guess the people have to go out there and say stuff.
- Yahoo Serious
Collection: Leadership
Image of Robert Reich
We never used to blink at taking a leadership role in the world. And we understood leadership often required something other than drones and bombs. We accepted global leadership not just for humanitarian reasons, but also because it was in our own best interest. We knew we couldn't isolate ourselves from trouble. There was no place to hide.
- Robert Reich
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Image of Irwin Redlener
No organization should be allowed near disaster unless they are willing to cooperate with some level of established leadership.
- Irwin Redlener
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Image of John Dingell
This is one of the major problems we have. By the way, it was endorsed by leadership on both sides of the aisle and both ends of the Capitol, by the NRA and also by the gun control groups.
- John Dingell
Collection: Leadership
Image of Angela Ahrendts
I am not in favour of quotas. Just put the best person into the job. It is not about gender; it is about experience, leadership and vision.
- Angela Ahrendts
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Image of John Eldredge
There are a lot of good men out there who just need a little direction and leadership in order for them to offer what they have to young men and boys.
- John Eldredge
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Image of Helene D. Gayle
A big part of leadership is just being comfortable with the fact that some decisions really are only yours.
- Helene D. Gayle
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Image of Dennis Cardoza
The longer we go without strong leadership from the Administration and until we see significant progress in the day-to-day lives of the Iraqi people, the more difficult it will become to sustain the support of the American people and Congress for the current course.
- Dennis Cardoza
Collection: Leadership
Image of Michael Pollan
The things journalists should pay attention to are the issues the political leadership agrees on, rather than to their supposed antagonisms.
- Michael Pollan
Collection: Leadership
Image of Matt Cartwright
In my view, it is important that our national government exercise leadership to improve the resiliency of the entire nation in the face of continuing extreme weather.
- Matt Cartwright
Collection: Leadership
Image of Phil LaMarr
Say what you will about the leadership of 'SNL,' they have crafted an institution as opposed to just running a show. I don't think that's by accident.
- Phil LaMarr
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Image of Tony Abbott
I think leadership is knowing what you want to achieve and then purposefully and sensibly taking steps to achieve it, remembering always that you have got to bring people with you if you are seeking to be a successful political leader.
- Tony Abbott
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Image of Harvey Gantt
John Edwards makes us all proud to be Americans, and those of us from North Carolina are even more proud to claim him, for he represents the best that we can offer America at a time when strong, positive leadership is needed.
- Harvey Gantt
Collection: Leadership
Image of Fred Wilson
It's not easy for an entrepreneur to find the time to blog. But for those who do it, it is a great tool to communicate with the various stakeholders in their business and build a reputation for thought leadership.
- Fred Wilson
Collection: Leadership
Image of Alan Dershowitz
It simply cannot be disputed that for decades the Palestinian leadership was more interested in there not being a Jewish state than in there being a Palestinian state.
- Alan Dershowitz
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Image of Daniel Inouye
The President's speech suggested to me that were we to follow his leadership, we will be in Iraq not for months, but for years. I also hope I am wrong on this.
- Daniel Inouye
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Image of Nancy Pelosi
The Republican Party is the Grand Old Party. It's made enormous contributions to the success of our country. And it is a party that has embraced its leadership role when it has had the majority or the White House.
- Nancy Pelosi
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Image of Andy Hertzfeld
But I think Steve's main contribution besides just the pure leadership is his passion for excellence. He's a perfectionist. Good enough isn't good enough. And also his creative spirit. You know he really, really wants to do something great.
- Andy Hertzfeld
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Image of Eric Shinseki
I have spent a lifetime watching kids make mistakes because they were not trained or well led or properly motivated to do well. I never faulted the kids; rather, I saw opportunity to train, to motivate, to improve leadership - not to punish the individual.
- Eric Shinseki
Collection: Leadership
Image of James McNerney
My sports were team sports: ice hockey and baseball. The whole team dynamic is similar in business. Leadership is earned - the captain earns that role; it's not because he's the coach's son. These are all things we know, but in today's world, it's not a bad idea to remind ourselves.
- James McNerney
Collection: Leadership
Image of Neil Sheehan
We had a military and political leadership at that period which was genuinely deluded.
- Neil Sheehan
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Image of Earl Monroe
Jamal Crawford reminds me the most of myself, the way he goes to the basket. But they need leadership.
- Earl Monroe
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Image of Richard Carmona
Actions, such as the designation of National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, spring from First Lady Michelle Obama's leadership of efforts to end childhood obesity within this generation.
- Richard Carmona
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Image of Leonard Boswell
The 9/11 Commission recently released their report, citing important changes which need to be made to improve our nation's homeland security. I voiced my disappointment with the House leadership when this report was left until after the August recess for action.
- Leonard Boswell
Collection: Leadership
Image of Matt Salmon
Why would I be willing to challenge my Republican leadership? Because my allegiance will always be to the Constitution and the American people first and foremost, not to my political party.
- Matt Salmon
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Image of Aaron Schock
Each year I host a leadership summit in my district, and my biggest advice to young people is get experience. Get your foot in the door.
- Aaron Schock
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Image of Robert Dallek
As someone who has more than a passing acquaintance with most of the 20th century presidents, I have often thought that their accomplishments have little staying power in shaping popular views of their leadership.
- Robert Dallek
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Image of Andy Stanley
Uncertainty is a permanent part of the leadership landscape. It never goes away.
- Andy Stanley
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Image of Lisa Murkowski
Whether it was his ability to turn around the Massachusetts economy or turn around businesses in the private sector, Mitt Romney has demonstrated the leadership that we need in the White House to get the country on the right track.
- Lisa Murkowski
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Image of Gwen Moore
I've been the co-chair of the Non-Partisan Women's Caucus and vice-chair for several years, taking a leadership role in this women's organization.
- Gwen Moore
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Image of David Vitter
We do not need international help to stop corruption, we need strong Louisiana Leadership.
- David Vitter
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Image of Lloyd Dorfman
Individual and corporate support is vital to building on London's leadership in the arts, and I hope others will join me in wanting to build on the National's role at the heart of modern theatre and sustaining it long into the future.
- Lloyd Dorfman
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Image of Paul Ryan
Millions of young Americans have graduated from college during the Obama presidency, ready to use their gifts and get moving in life. Half of them can't find the work they studied for, or any work at all. So here's the question: Without a change in leadership, why would the next four years be any different from the last four years?
- Paul Ryan
Collection: Leadership
Image of Rahm Emanuel
Because of the president's leadership, every American will have access to affordable, quality health care.
- Rahm Emanuel
Collection: Leadership
Image of David M. Kelley
The way I would measure leadership is this: of the people that are working with me, how many wake up in the morning thinking that the company is theirs?
- David M. Kelley
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Image of Oliver North
There's the assumption being made by the national security advisers to the Obama administration that the North Korean leadership is not suicidal, that they know they will be obliterated if they attacked the United States. But I would point that everything in South Korea and Japan is well within range of what they might want to do.
- Oliver North
Collection: Leadership
Image of Sylvia Mathews Burwell
In an age when stagecraft, gauzy themes, and sound-bites have too often been substituted for leadership, Bill Clinton as a candidate made it essential to campaigning to take the specifics of governance seriously. Practical solutions were 'in;' ideology was 'out.'
- Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Collection: Leadership
Image of David Miliband
The test of leadership for David Cameron was actually to bring the British Conservative Party back in to the mainstream.
- David Miliband
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Image of Rick Santorum
There are certain skills that business people have that are - that are, in fact, helpful in - when it comes to being in political leadership.
- Rick Santorum
Collection: Leadership
Image of Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
The next thing is: we can make IBM even better. We brought IBM back but we're gunning for leadership.
- Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
Collection: Leadership
Image of Irene Rosenfeld
It's fair to characterise me as competitive and determined, but anyone who works with me will attest to the fact I believe very strongly in the notion of servant leadership.
- Irene Rosenfeld
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Image of Kumar Mangalam Birla
Very often, we think of leadership being at the very top of an organisation. I think what's unique about ABG is that we have a very strong cadre of leaders across the organisation who are highly empowered and therefore play a very major role in the growth and evolution of the organization.
- Kumar Mangalam Birla
Collection: Leadership
Image of James Stockdale
He's a novice, but he's had these - he's experienced in leadership in tight circumstances. He started - he dropped the first bomb, led the first air strike into North Vietnam.
- James Stockdale
Collection: Leadership
Image of Jeremy Grantham
Libertarians believe that any government interference is bad. Anyone with a brain knows that climate change needs governmental leadership, and they can smell this is bad news for their philosophy. Their ideology is so strongly held that, remarkably, it's overcoming the facts.
- Jeremy Grantham
Collection: Leadership
Image of Kendrick Meek
Studies have consistently shown that financial hardship is the biggest obstacle to heterosexual marriage, yet the Republican leadership has done precious little to help address the financial hardship faced by American families.
- Kendrick Meek
Collection: Leadership
Image of Olympia Snowe
At an unprecedented time with the worst attack ever on our soil, our President displayed extraordinary determination, leadership and resolve when history was thrust upon him and the United States.
- Olympia Snowe
Collection: Leadership
Image of Jeff Bingaman
The United States is the most innovative country in the world. But our leadership could slip away if we fail to properly fund primary, secondary and higher education.
- Jeff Bingaman
Collection: Leadership