Quotes About Leadership

One day I will rule the world with a goat by my side!

Making a difference in your work is not about productivity; it's about people. When you focus on others and connect with them, you can work together to accomplish great things.

To remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential.

The effectiveness of your work will never rise above your ability to lead and influence others.

Your leadership skills determine the level of your success, and the success of those who work around you.

Inspiring others to do better work is the accomplishment of a leader.

In your company or industry, work every job in that industry. It's the only way of having a complete understanding of your people and your company.

This is the funny thing about me. People think John just comes up with all the ideas. I'm honored. People think I have a big old brain, but actually I am the sum of the people I work with.

Any system of government will work when everything is going well. It's the system that functions in the pinches that survive

There is no sense in agreeing or desiring that the United States take an affirmative position in outer space, unless we are prepared to do the work and bear the burdens to make it successful.

A committee is twelve men doing the work of one.

We don't need a president who just says, "Gentlemen, start your engines." We need a president who says, America, let's start our economy and put people back to work.

I'm not really interested in being king. I prefer to work for a living

If you want to direct, you've got to work.

Because of his compassion Owen was always in trouble with his partners. They would have much preferred a tough, down-to-earth manager who would get a days work out of the little bastards.

If managers knew how deeply their behaviors could affect brain function - whether they are piling up too much work on someone or yelling at them for "motivational purposes", they would quit doing it.

Here is a pretty good rule of thumb for Democratic Presidents: if it didn't work for Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won four terms and a World War, it probably won't work for you either.

Montanans elected me to the Senate to do away with shady backroom deals and to make government work better.

There will be more coming afterwards if we don't re-empower politicians to get organized and work together.

The royals - all of them, especially Prince Philip and Prince Charles - have done outstanding work with the faith communities.

When you get a chance to work with Aaron Sorkin, you don't say no. You drop everything you're doing.

[John Larroquette] is very generous as the star of a show. He always made sure that if we had a joke that didn't work or something, he'd fight for the other actors.

When I do a film, usually I work from my director. That's my boss. The director is interpreting the writer's vision, and we all interpret it, and they create their own vision as well.

Study and keep your attention on whatever it is you're going into. Build a good team. The team needs to know what it's doing They need to be people you can trust and people you can work well with.