Quotes About Leadership

President Barack Obama has stood watch over the greatest job loss in modern American history. And that, my friends, is one inconvenient truth that will haunt this President throughout history.

You know, my dad served in the President's Cabinet after his time as a governor. He told me he enjoyed being governor a lot more. Now, I understand why. If I do my job well, I can make a difference in people's lives and I can help our children realize their dreams.

I want you to remember when our White House reflected the best of who we are, not the worst of what Europe has become.

Central to America's rise to global leadership is our Judeo-Christian tradition with the vision of the goodness and possibilities of every human life.

Mr. President, you were elected to lead. You chose to follow. And now it's time for you to get out of the way.

That business we started with 10 people has now grown into a great American success story.

Instead of leading the world by how much we borrow, it's time that we make sure we lead the world in how much we build and create and invest.

Leadership - leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses.

My leadership will end the Obama era and begin a new era of American prosperity.

The country already has a leader who divides us with the bitter politics of envy. We have to offer an alternative vision.

Mr. Chairman, delegates. I accept your nomination for President of the United States of America. I do so with humility, deeply moved by the trust you have placed in me. It is a great honor. It is an even greater responsibility.

It's time for the party of big ideas, not the party of Big Brother!

I stand ready to lead us down a different path where we're lifted up by our desire to succeed, not dragged down by a resentment of success.

When my mom ran for the Senate, my dad was there for her every step of the way. I can still hear her saying in her beautiful voice, 'Why should women have any less say than men, about the great decisions facing our nation?'

Some of the companies we helped start are names you know. An office supply company called Staples - where I'm pleased to see the Obama campaign has been shopping The Sports Authority, which became a favorite of my sons. We started an early childhood learning center called Bright Horizons that First Lady Michelle Obama rightly praised.

President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet. My promise... is to help you and your family.

I went to Massachusetts to make a difference. I didn't go there to begin a political career running time and time again. I made a difference. I put in place the things I wanted to do.

If you felt that excitement when you voted for Barack Obama, shouldn't you feel that way now that he's President Obama? You know there's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as president when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him.

And a special thank you to the citizens of Massachusetts: You are paying all the taxes, creating all the jobs, raising all the children. This government is yours. Thank you for letting me serve you. I love this job.

The words spoken by the leader of the free world can expand the frontiers of freedom or shrink them. When Ronald Reagan called on Gorbachev to 'tear down this wall ' a surge of confidence rose that would ultimately breach the bounds of the evil empire.

we have indeed allow one powerful man to get away too much for far too long

I wish I had played team sports. I think every kid should. Teamwork builds character - teaches people about leadership and cooperation.

The North won the war, but the South won the textbooks (blink and you might have missed Reconstruction in high school history class) and the movie house: in one scene in D. W. Griffith's 1915 landmark and deeply racist film The Birth of a Nation, black legislators are depicted drinking, eating chicken, and putting their bare feet up on desks in the South Carolina statehouse. The movie's message was clear: black people were inherently corrupt and unequipped to lead.

Let me tell you quite bluntly that this king business has given me personally nothing but headaches.