Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gretchen Rubin

Try to never say 'yes' on the phone; instead, say, 'I'll get back to you.' When you're actually speaking to someone, the desire to be accommodating is very strong, and can lead you to say 'yes' without enough consideration.

Charles William Eliot

There is no mystery about successful business.... Exclusive attention to the person who is speaking to you.

Charles Williams

The Divine Thing that made itself the foundation of the Church does not seem, to judge by his comments on the religious leadership of his day, to have hoped much from officers of a church.

Charles Koch

We have the best leaders and the most depth of leadership we've ever had. If I get hit by a truck, maybe it would get me out of the way and it would go better.

Charles Lindbergh

Aviation seems almost a gift from heaven to those Western nations who were already the leaders of their era, strengthening their leadership, their confidence, their dominance over other peoples.

Charles Krauthammer

Great leaders are willing to retire unloved and unpopular as the price for great exertion.

Bob Newhart

I wasn't much good. When I went into the line on a fake - I would holler 'I don't have it!'

Bill Russell

I hope I epitomize the American dream. For I came against long odds, from the ghetto to the very top of my profession. I was not immediately good at basketball. It did not come easy. It came as the result of a lot of hard work and self-sacrifice. The rewards, where they worth it? One thousand times over.

Bill Pascrell

House Republican leadership have refused to allow a clean minimum wage vote. Close to 15 million Americans will be affected if we did this. Do Republicans really expect a family to live on less than $11,000 a year?

Bill Johnson

Don't rely on leaders to do things you're equipped to do yourself.

David Vitter

We do not need international help to stop corruption, we need strong Louisiana Leadership.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leadership. They want to have great leadership. They want to have somebody that will represent them. And it doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or a Republican, young or old.

Benazir Bhutto

To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.

Arthur Scargill

The trouble with the Labour Party leadership and the trade union leadership, they're quite willing to applaud millions on the streets of the Philippines or in Eastern Europe, without understanding the need to also produce millions of people on the streets of Britain.

Antony Jay

You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles... Other people can cope with the waves, it's his job to watch the tide.

Antony Jay

The only real training for leadership is leadership.

Antony Beevor

Few things reveal more about political leaders and their systems than the manner of their downfall,

We always had the lead going into the next period. Those are the little things that make a difference.

Derek Fisher

I am and always will be a leader.

Denis Waitley

The five most important words a leader can speak are - 'I am proud of you' The four most important are - 'What is your opinion?' The three most important are - 'If you please' The two most important are - 'Thank You' And the most important single word of all is - 'You'

Dee Hock

If you don't understand that you work for your mislabeled 'subordinates,' then you know nothing of leadership. You know only tyranny.

Denise Morrison

The leader is the person who brings a little magic to the moment.

Edward Snowden

I had been looking for leaders, but I realized that leadership is about being the first to act.

Edward Everett Hale

I know I am only one, but I am one, and just because I'm one should not stop me from

Earl Weaver

Leadership can be defined in one word - honesty. You must be honest with the players and honest with yourself.

Ed Gillespie

So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is going to be an asset.

Ed Gillespie

If Ralph Nader runs, President Bush is going to be re-elected, and if Ralph Nader doesn't run, President Bush is going to be re-elected. We're going to run on the president's strong and principled leadership and his positive agenda for a second term.

Earl Monroe

Jamal Crawford reminds me the most of myself, the way he goes to the basket. But they need leadership.

Edward Kennedy

There was no imminent threat. This was made up in Texas, announced in January to the Republican leadership that war was going to take place and was going to be good politically. This whole thing was a fraud.

Bill Nye

There is no debate in the scientific community...We need [Congress] to change things, not to deny what's happening.

Bertolt Brecht

There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.

Benjamin E. Mays

The tragedy of life is not found in failure but complacency. Not in you doing too much, but doing too little. Not in you living above your means, but below your capacity. It's not failure but aiming too low, that is life's greatest tragedy.

Carol Mann

A serious athlete to me is one who is committed to excellence at any level, at any age, in any endeavor and in either sex. This commitment begins with a dream and a sense of talent and skill and determination to make that dream come true.