Famous Quotes & Sayings

Orison Swett Marden

Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.

Olympia Snowe

At an unprecedented time with the worst attack ever on our soil, our President displayed extraordinary determination, leadership and resolve when history was thrust upon him and the United States.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Longevity is having a chronic disease - and taking care of it.

Olesya Rulin

I was in a commercial for the Disney channel. I was the camp leader for the campers.

Oleg Cassini

The first lady must be a leader. She must not be a follower.

Norman Vincent Peale

Masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

Eric Schmidt

There clearly are cases where evil people exist, but you don't have to violate the privacy of every single citizen of America to find them.

Eric Schmidt

For those who say you're thinking too big... be smart enough not to listen. For those who say the odds are too small ... be dumb enough to give it a shot. And for those who ask, how can you do that?... look them in the eyes and say, Ill figure it out.

Epictetus

Make it your business to draw out the best in others by being an exemplar yourself.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.

Henri Rousseau

The principal problem I had during the five years I ran the Caisse - and I bet you that it will be the same problem for my successor - is the retention, recruitment and training of competent personnel.

Henri Poincare

The mathematical facts worthy of being studied are those which, by their analogy with other facts, are capable of leading us to the knowledge of a physical law. They reveal the kinship between other facts, long known, but wrongly believed to be strangers to one another.

Henrik Ibsen

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.

If a woman is sufficiently ambitious, determined and gifted, there is practically nothing she can't do.

Hilary Duff

Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.

Henry Ward Beecher

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

Henry Cloud

Oftentimes, churches are started by an entrepreneurial church plant visionary whom everybody follows, but he's not following anybody. Even though he's "accountable to a board," he's really not. Authority's a good thing, and if it's not forced upon you as a leader, then I suggest, strongly, that you go buy some.

Johann Lamont

While I'm leader, nothing will be off limits - there will not be one policy, one rule, one way of working which cannot be changed.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests on perseverance.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

What chance gathers, she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.

Joe Torre

...in my book success and winning are not always the same thing. To me, success is playing - or working - to the best of your ability.

Joe Lieberman

I also know that there have been many times in our history when the proximity of an election has induced exactly the kind of leadership and consensus-building that produce progress in our democracy.

Joe Garagiola

Don't tell me you can pitch...pitch. Don't tell me you can sell...sell.

Eric Shinseki

I can't explain the lack of integrity among some of the leaders of our health care facilities. This is something I rarely encountered during 38 years in uniform. And so I will not defend it because it is indefensible. But I can take responsibility for it and I do.

Eric Shinseki

Without leadership, command is a hollow experience, a vacuum often filled with mistrust and arrogance..

Eric Thomas

You must keep your composure. Take charge of the huddle. Be a leader. And silence, the crowd.

John McCain

I can only express satisfaction that the Dear Leader is joining the likes of Gaddafi , Bin Laden, Hitler , and Stalin in a warm corner of hell.

John McCain

In the 2012 election, Obamacare, as it's called, and I'll be more polite - the ACA ...was a major issue in the campaign. I campaigned all over America for two months, everywhere I could. And in every single campaign rally I said, 'We have to repeal and replace Obamacare.' Well, the people spoke. They spoke, much to my dismay, but they spoke. And they reelected the President of the United States.

John McCain

Courage is the enforcing virtue, the one that makes possible all the other virtues common to exceptional leaders: honesty, integrity, confidence, compassion and humility

John Hume

I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people.

John Howard

You are not prime minister of Australia because of some kind of process of divine selection. You are prime minister of Australia through the gift of the Australian people.