Quotes About Leadership

I had a new idea on the way to this meeting this morning, but that doesn't mean we should put it in the platform.

I don't know what I expected, but my first morning in the Oval Office had a surprising ring of familiarity to it. It reminded me a lot of my job as governor.

Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a world she will not see.

The Clan Mothers ran everything and had the last word. I think that's the answer.

If I walk in a home and a kid disrespects a woman, his mother or grandmother, then I am out... I wont recruit them

I'll be a wife and mother first, then First Lady.

My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.

Because wherever I am today, I still owe it to God and I owe it to two men - the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X and of course, two very special women, my mother and my wife.

My biggest challenge every day is to be a great mother and a great businesswoman.

Education is the mother of leadership.

The desire to rule is the mother of heresies.

She was mother not only to me but to the whole nation. She served the Indian people to the last drop of her blood.

I don't see myself as a role model; people should look to mothers and sisters as role models.

A mother is a school. Empower her; and you empower a great nation.

The mob is the mother of tyrants.

As daughters of our Heavenly Father, and as daughters of Eve, we are all mothers and we have always been mothers. And we each have the responsibility to love and help lead the rising generation.

If people think I'm just the boss's daughter, they're deceived.

My mother was my Girl Scout leader, and George's mother was his Cub Scout leader. In fact, that's when some say her hair turned white.

I cannot shift the blame for Chechnya, for the sorrow of numerous mothers and fathers. I made the decision, therefore I am responsible.

First ladies throughout our history have been expected to be adoring wives and perfect mothers.

As there were no black Founding Fathers, there were no founding mothers - a great pity, on both counts.

Mother loved dance so much that she thought (ballerina) Margot Fonteyn should be the president.

No one is going to try to fill my mother's shoes, what she did was fantastic. It's about making your own future and your own destiny and Kate will do a very good job of that.

My mother believed and my father believed that if I wanted to be president of the United States, I could be, I could be Vice President!