Famous Quotes & Sayings

Phil Knight

It's alright to be Goliath but always act like David.

Lech Walesa

The world needs leaders of vision instead of leaders on television.

LaVell Edwards

He will return with a greater understanding of himself, greater leadership capabilities, better work habits, and a better knowledge of what it takes to be successful. It really depends on the young man's desire, commitment, work habits, and how important it is to him when he returns.

Lance Morrow

Leaders make things possible. Exceptional leaders make them inevitable.

Lisa Leslie

Well, the first quality of being a good leader is you have to be able to follow. See, a good leader cant just be the leader all the time, I have to be able to follow.

Johnny Cash

The ones that you're calling wild are going to be the leaders in a little while.

John Updike

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

John Selden

The world cannot be governed without juggling.

John Ralston Saul

Only when God was said to have died did various leaders, professions and sectors risk pushing themselves forward as successors.

James Hunter

Who then is the greatest leader? The one who has served the most.

It is hard to look up to a leader who keeps his ear to the ground.

James Goodnight

It turns out that doing the right thing, treating people right, is also the right thing for the company.

James Fisher

Leadership is the special quality which enables people to stand up and pull the rest of us over the horizon.

Larry Holmes

Set a goal and make a commitment to meet that goal. Do the best you can, but never forget your roots, never forget where you came from. After you have succeeded, look back and see if there are others that you might help to achieve what you have accomplished.

Lamar Odom

I've always felt that I'm a natural leader.

Kyrie Irving

I haven't been a leader -- not at all.

Friedrich Schiller

Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

Frederick Reines

Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts; I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertaking leadership roles in the organization.

Frederick W. Smith

Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves - and by which they are willing to be judged.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

To return to higher standards of living we must abandon the false prophets and seek new leaders of our own choosing.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Frankly, I do not know how to effect a permanency in American foreign policy.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

A good leader can't get too far ahead of his followers.

Jon Meacham

Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it.

Jon Meacham

Our greatest leaders are neither dreamers nor dictators: They are, like Jefferson, those who articulate national aspirations yet master the mechanics of influence and know when to depart from dogma.

Jon Hamm

It's definitely nerve-racking to be the center of attention. I'm not the kind of an actor that just craves attention 24-7 - but it's part of the deal. You're the leader on the set

Johnny Unitas

In order to be successful at anything you choose to do, you must make a 100 percent commitment to what it is you are trying to do. If you put 50 percent of your ability into it, that is all that you will get out of it. You must discipline your body and your mind to work towards the goals you have set. Once you have made this decision, then the work begins.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

I was first published as a paranormal author back in the early 1990s. I was one of the founders of that original wave of paranormal and am the leader of the new wave of paranormal that started at the beginning of this century.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

Fury snorted. "You're the leader, Vane. Lead.

Terry Semel

Yahoo! is the only company with both scale and leadership in branded and search advertising.

Nick Vujicic

We need to awaken the next generation to understand that we are all change-makers. The nation is not as strong as its government but its next generation

Nolan Ryan

You've got to realize that in any competition there is always a winner and loser. When it turns out that you're the loser on a given day, you can be a graceful loser, but it doesn't mean that you're a loser in the sense that you're willing to accept losses readily. Concede that on that day you weren't the best and that you were beaten in competition. But that should make you more dedicated and hard working. It's wrong to accept defeat as a loser. Be graceful about losing, but don't accept it.