Quotes About Leadership

I'm a guy that leads from example, but sometimes I need to speak up.

Continue to speak out against all forms of injustice to yourselves and others, and you will set a mighty example for your children and for future generations.

Some leaders speak a lot in the dressing room, on the field and others do it with actions contributing important things in games, deciding big games.

Barack is at a level where he can't - no matter how much he wants to or how much we want him to - he's not going to come take out our garbage, so to speak. He can't be the garbage man and the president. He can't be the mayor and the alderman. He can't fill all those roles. So I always push for local, local activity on the political scene.

There is power in having a friend group because you have this bond that helps you navigate girl world, and it creates safety and self-esteem. But if you speak up to the leader, you risk that social isolation or not having a group and feeling really left out.

In business, there's a saying: 'Disagree and commit.' It means that everyone should speak up before a decision is made. But once the boss has decided, you all get behind it to make it happen.

We're going to run against Nancy Pelosi in 2018. We'll remind people in 2018 - what's the rhetorical question - 'Do you really want Nancy Pelosi back as speaker of the House?'

I'm a motivational speaker.

If elected Speaker, I promise you that we will have the courage to lead the fight for our conservative principles and make our case to the American people. But we will also have the wisdom to listen to our constituents and each other so that we always move forward together.

I think the record shows that as Speaker, I have taken the lead in cleaning up politics.

I would go bold: you don't have to be a member of Congress to be the speaker of the House. I would support someone like Dr. Carson or somebody like that; I think that would be good.

I'm tough, and you know what? New Yorkers deserve that. They work head, they fight it out, they slug it out. And they deserve a mayor or a speaker who's going to do the same.

I've always been very passionate about issues. Being speaker, you kind of have to park the positions on issues and focus more on the rules.

Lincoln was the greatest speaker and he was ridiculed for how he looked, you know?

I read that my lifelong dream is to serve as speaker with Hillary Clinton as president. So what?

After Nancy Pelosi became Speaker, we were told, 'She's the first female speaker of the House, so whether we like it or not, we've got to handle this with kid gloves. Don't go after Speaker Pelosi. You can go after other people, but you'll be branded as mean and evil if you go after the first female Speaker of the House.'

When you look at the results that Newt Gingrich got when he was speaker, he got results for the American people.

I never aspired to be Speaker simply so I could say, 'I am the Speaker of the House of Commons,' and tell my children that.

I think having Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House is going to send a very wonderful lesson to the American public that women can be strong, they can be tough, they can be effective, and they can lead this country as political leaders.

For a season, a gifted speaker can inspire with his words, but for a lifetime John McCain has inspired with his deeds.

If you asked me if I'd rather be Speaker or a very senior minister, I'd say Speaker.

I've been a speaker. I've been a majority leader. I've been a minority leader. Those are the sort of things I don't need any more.

Being the keynote speaker at the convention this year is an honor I don't take lightly. I know I've got some big shoes to fill. Two conventions ago, the keynote speaker was a guy named Barack Obama.

Speaker Boehner is doing a great job.