Quotes About Leadership

I learned how to make a documentary by having a good team around me. My editors (and co-writers)Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt and Frédéric Tcheng were very helpful.

In the early days, I didn't have the money to pay decent salaries, so I didn't get good people. I got nice people, but I didn't get good employees.

If it is true that vice can never be done away with, the science of government consists of making it contribute to the public good.

Good fathers not only tell us how to live, they show us.

I invented 'It's a good thing' before you were even born.

A good teacher always refuses to have disciples! Let everyone goes his own way, in his own path instead of following others! If the direction is correct, there will be a meeting in the same place!

Countries are rarely governed by the ethical and good people.

Jeb Bush is very good on immigration, he's very good on education. He's a smart guy.

Donald Trump has built a business through hard times and through good times. He's brought an extraordinary business acumen, he's employed tens of thousands of people in America.

Bush is a nice fellow who gives very good parties. I just wish someone would find him a better job than running the country.

I don't know if I am a very good politician. I'm not a good hater.

When it comes to jobs, President Obama makes the Jimmy Carter years look like good old days. If we fired Jimmy Carter then, why would we rehire Barack Obama now?

If Ivanka Trump called, I think good people need to serve.

Institutions mistake good intentions for objectives. They say "health care"; that's an intention, not an objective.

There are some very good people in television, but a lot of fools running it.

Deliberation is a good thing when it comes to fighting wars.

A generation ago, the image was that you had to trample everyone else down to succeed; but I don't believe that makes good business sense.

Good customer service begins at the top. If your senior people don't get it, even the strongest links further down the line can become compromised.

Great leaders have an ability, a characteristic of analyzing very good talent, and empowering that talent.

Where visionaries can be good at persuasion, CEOs are good at wielding authority. Visionaries transcend organizations, resources, and current realities, while CEOs master them.

Bill Clinton was a very, very good speaker. But like many people who are great speakers and great thinkers and have a lot of energy and ambition, he talked too much.

George W. Bush is using language that's a mirror image of the language of Osama bin Laden when he says, "We have God on our side. This is the struggle of good against evil."

I think the mark of a good director is that they surround themselves with good people.

I'm a control freak except that I'm a good team player. So I obsess about the details of things but I also trust the team.