Quotes About Leadership

When I put something into motion, the creativity starts to make other people want to jump in, and then a lot of people get employed. I'm just like a shark, in that way. If I stop swimming, I'll die.

If we really want something done, it is best to do it ourselves.

Our plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want.

I often say to my assistants, "Never trust anybody," but what I mean is that you should never trust someone else to do a job exactly the way you would want it done.

Nowadays, for the sake of the advantage which is to be gained from the public revenues and from office, men want to be always in office.

No one person controls Microsoft. The board and the shareholders decide whether they want to have me as CEO.

Ultimate influence is the ability to get the results you want from others while helping them feel genuinely good about themselves.

If you ask me to sew a button, I don't know how to do it! The idea of the whole collection and how you want to build your brand is all about working with the right people. And luck!

If you ran a delicatessen store, you would want to be the best delicatessen store, wouldn't you? Well, that's how I feel about the Yankees.

Anybody who wants to rule a group will find that if this group is quarreling among themselves they leave you alone.

Nobody wants to be in a mediocre organization. You don't have the same energy flowing through.

With wealth, I can do pretty much what I want. But you've got to provide a good example because you have a lot of people that look up to you now.

When I found out the heads of the Church were up to things that were not good. I left. I say, you know I don't want to be a part of that at all.

Hitler will have no war (does not want war), but we will force it on him, not this year, but soon.

The people are that part of the state that does not know what it wants.

Be easy and condescending in your deportment to your officers, but not too familiar, lest you subject yourself to a want of respect, which is necessary to support a proper command.

I don't think anyone has ever announced running for president that they want to change the Bill of Rights.

the new women in politics seem to be saying that we already know how to lose, thank you very much. Now we want to learn how to win.

You want me to tell you what my husband thinks? My husband is not secretary of state; I am. If you want my opinion, I will tell you my opinion. I am not going to be channeling my husband.

As a director, if you know what you want, then it's not scary.

People are saying, "Oh my God, Saudi Arabia has changed." It's a contradiction. Do you want us to lead, or do you want us to play a supporting role?

People want national championship banners. People want to talk about Indiana being competitive. How do we get there? We don't get there with milk and cookies.

Dare to be the adults we want our children to be.

Everyone wants to demagogue everyone else. That may be good politics, but it's awful policy.