Quotes About Leadership

I am not against the state government. I am pro-people... Whenever the government goes wrong, I will speak up for the people of the state.

State government needs to embrace change and be willing to take responsible risks to move into the future.

After some of the most contentious years in state government, I've made it clear that I will, and can, work with anyone to get things done.

Investing in our emerging leaders through the Missouri Leadership Academy is important to improving state government.

With fresh eyes, an aggressive approach, and collaboration, we can modernize state government the way it should be.

Too much of power has got concentrated in the hands of the Central and state governments.

The last issue I remember where a president was involved was in the capital punishment of 1993 blasts convict Yaqub Memon. Otherwise, in your life, in my life, how does a president make a difference? Has a president ever stated his point of view on anything?

Putin wants to restore the Russian empire. That's his ambition; he's stated it many times.

Simply stated, girls want role models and mentors.

Understanding government can be a complex business. The stated reason for a policy and the real reason for it are rarely the same.

Hip-hop has done so much for racial relations, and I don't think it's given the proper credit. It has changed America immensely. I'm going to make a very bold statement: Hip-hop has done more than any leader, politician, or anyone to improve race relations.

I've made this statement many times: If I would have to do it over again, I would have made known the forthcoming Tet Offensive.

I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women.

It's not what my job is about. I'm not out to make a political statement. I want to stand for something, but more by example.

We're supposed to be an example of freedom, and if we are doing things that are injustice to people, then what is our statement?

The mission statement of the RSC is to foster a constitutionally bound limited government, it's to have a strong national defense, it's to protect private property rights and it's to support American values. That's what the mission statement is. There's nothing in the mission statement about trying to hold leadership accountable.

I will make a general statement that we have not had anything like the policy of holding people in high office responsible for their acts that I think we should.

A poor choice of words conveyed to some the impression that I embrace the discarded policies of the past. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I apologize to anyone who was offended by my statement.

If a guy is intimidated by a woman in leadership, he has real problems with his own concepts of masculinity. That's a harsh statement, but I believe it to be true.

People lead complicated lives and aren't hanging on your every word or the company mission statement. You have to become a broken record of your expectations of the organization and show people why it is relevant and how it works in specific ways.

In choosing Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney made a fantastic choice and a bold statement to the American people.

If they're committed to the mission statement of the RSC, they're going to be happy with me as their chair. If they're committed to another vision, then they may not be happy with me.

What is SOCOM's mission statement in two sentences? Most people I know in SOF cannot recite it. If it's not clear from the bottom up, then it's a problem.

I started at HSN in May of 2006, and by October, we had rolled out a new brand image, a new tagline, a new vision statement, a new customer manifesto, and new advertising.