Quotes About Leadership

A lot of people, when a guy scores a lot of goals, think, 'He's a great player', because a goal is very important, but a great player is a player who can do everything on the field. He can do assists, encourage his colleagues, give them confidence to go forward. It is someone who, when a team does not do well, becomes one of the leaders.

For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction.

By putting the employee first, the customer effectively comes first by default, and in the end, the shareholder comes first by default as well.

If you're lucky enough to do well, it's your responsibility to send the elevator back down.

But once you are in that field, emotional intelligence emerges as a much stronger predictor of who will be most successful, because it is how we handle ourselves in our relationships that determines how well we do once we are in a given job.

Think well before selecting your leader, and when you have selected him, follow him. But in case you find his policy detrimental to your interests, kick him out.

Any manager can do well in an expanding market.

Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.

The House of Peers, throughout the war, did nothing in particular, and did it very well.

Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.

I do not care how brave a president is; I do not care how many medals he may wear. I do not care how well trained his guards may be. If he violates the will of the people, he shall be eliminated.

A captain of the Navy ought to be a man of strong and well connected sense, with a tolerable good education, a gentleman, as well as a seaman both in theory and practice.

To be a champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.

You don't have to choose between doing good and doing well. It's a false choice, today more than ever.

I've always been a daddy's girl, and that's served me well in life; most of my directors have been male.

How easy it is to govern when one follows a system of consulting the will of the people and one holds as the only norm all the actions which contribute to the well being of the people.

Well, I don't think we should go to the moon. I think we maybe should send some politicians up there.

Your success, or lack of success, is your responsibility. Even when you have a chain of command that you don't like as well, its your responsibility to work with the up chain of command.

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.

To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.

I didn't respond well to a firm hand and insults.

I know my role on this team, and I'm expected to prepare and to perform every week and play well. I relish that opportunity - to be somebody the guys can count on week in and week out, to play really well. That's what really motivates me: to make my coaches proud, my teammates proud, and the fans proud.

I came to the conclusion that it was unlikely that a man as really awful as I think that Steve Jobs was could possibly create a great company for the long term. I just don't believe bad guys do well in the long run.