Quotes About Leadership

I did not know I was to spend the rest of my life getting Singapore not just to work but to prosper and flourish.

If Mr Mah is unable to defend himself, he deserves to lose. No country in the world has given its citizens an asset as valuable as what we've given every family here. And if you say that policy is at fault, you must be daft." - when asked about a Straits Times report that cited keen opposition interest in contesting Tampines GRC, which National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan helms, so that they can raise the affordability of public housing as an election issue

You need, besides determination, all the other attributes that will push a project along. You must have application, you must be prepared to work hard, you must be prepared to get people to work with you.

The art of government is the art of building up team spirit.

But for a very small number of people, what we stood for could easily have done a great deal of good for Malaysia and established it for many centuries to come as a stable and viable multiracial nation. ... Kinship and feelings for one another cannot be legislated out by a political decision.

The Nuclear Security Summit was President Obama's initiative born out of his vision to leave behind a safer, more prosperous world for the future generation.

It's hard for us in our stores to be a leader in technology.

We have to ask, Why is there no other first-century Jew who has millions of followers today? Why isn't there a John the Baptist movement? Why, of all first-century figures, including the Roman emperors, is Jesus still worshiped today, while the others have crumbled into the dust of history?

Jack Nicklaus was the first to bring in course management. He could go to a course and tell you within one stroke what was going to win. He used to set his sights on that because he could shoot it. He was the only player I know who, if he decided he wanted to win a tournament, could go out and do it. No one will ever be as popular as Arnold Palmer and no one will ever come close to Jack as a player

A great doctor kills more people than a great general.

p.35: Jerry Porras & James Collins. Las compañías más viejas, veteranas, no sólo pueden encontrar un lugar en la nueva economía sino que hasta pueden encabezarla, si han establecido una PODEROSA FILOSOFÍA CORPORATIVA basada en las historias y leyendas de la compañía, que se utilice para ACOSTUMBRAR A TODOS LOS EMPLEADOS A UN MODELO DE COMPORTAMIENTO acorde con esa filosofía.

Being convinced that reason operates automatically within him he orders his life and his government upon emotion and superstition.

Taking care of people, therefore, is an essential way of taking care of business.

Make people who work for you feel important. If you honor and serve them, they'll honor and serve you.

Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice.

great posture, a heads-up look, a confident smile, and a direct gaze." The ideal image for somebody who's a Somebody.

The study showed women who were slower to smile in corporate life were perceived as more credible." As Missy talked, I began to think about history-making women like Margaret Thatcher, Indira Gandhi, Golda Meir, Madeleine Albright, and other powerful women of their ilk. Not one was known for her quick smile. Missy continued, "The study went on to say a big, warm smile is an asset. But only when it comes a little slower, because then it has more credibility." From that moment on

You see, nobody gets to the top alone. Over the years, people who seem to 'have it all' have captured the hearts and conquered the minds of hundreds of others who helped boost them, rung by rung, to the top of whatever corporate or social ladder they chose.

She jus' goes 'round spittin' vinegar all the time. Makes me wonder what the good Lord'll say 'bout it, her supposin' to be one a' the church elders." "That's

Rule three hundred of obscure leadership if it's your idea, you get to implement it.

Os puritanos pensavam que o futuro da igreja repousava num clero distinguido... por um novo fervor, um equipamento intelectual superior, um poder de comunicar... O principal propósito do novo clérigo era comunicar zelo aos leigos, tornando-os capazes de unirem-se para selecionar seus próprios ministros, examinar suas próprias vidas espirituais, dirigir orações em família, ler livros santos e tomar parte na administração eclesiástica.[

I know what is going on," said Sir. "I am the Boss! Of course I know!

There is no easy way to train an apprentice. My two tools are example and nagging.

It is not always the job of people shouting outside impressive buildings to solve problems. It is often the job of the people inside, who have paper, pens, desks, and an impressive view.