Famous Quotes & Sayings

Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.

Paul Johnson

The most intimidating world leader was Lyndon Johnson, who became U.S. President when John Kennedy was assassinated. He exulted in this power and liked to inspire fear.

Oscar Wilde

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob.

Oscar Wilde

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob. It is through the voice of one crying in the wilderness that the ways of the gods must be prepared.

Oscar Wilde

Frank Harris has been received in all the great houses - once.

Ma Huateng

The leader of the market today may not necessarily be the leader tomorrow.

Louis Farrakhan

Overall, the challenge of leadership is both moral and one of developing the characteristics that make us respected by one another.

Michael Jordan

Earn your leadership every day.

Michael Dell

We are all gifts to each other, and my own growth as a leader has shown me again and again that the most rewarding experiences come from my relationships.

Jawaharlal Nehru

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.

Jason Stearns

Senior members of the security establishment have not been entirely cooperative - let's put it that way - with the operations and still maintain contacts with FDLR leadership.

Hillary Clinton

I'm going to keep speaking out about what Donald Trump says, because I'm getting messages from leaders around the world who are just bewildered. They want to know what's going on.

Hillary Clinton

There is one lesson from the past, in particular, that we cannot afford to ignore: You cannot make progress on gender equality or broader human development without safeguarding women's reproductive health and rights.

Hillary Clinton

You know, we did a good job in containing the Soviet Union, but we made a lot of mistakes. We supported really nasty guys, we did some things that we are not particularly proud of, from Latin America to Southeast Asia. But we did have a kind of overarching framework about what we were trying to do that did lead to the defeat of the Soviet Union and the collapse of Communism. That was our objective. We achieved it.

Hillary Clinton

You're not a leader if you haven't been elected.

Hillary Clinton

He ran a gas station down in St. Louis... No, Mahatma Gandhi was a great leader of the 20th century.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

People try so hard to believe in leaders now, pitifully hard. But we no sooner get a popular reformer or politician or soldier or writer or philosopher -- a Roosevelt, a Tolstoi, a Wood, a Shaw, a Nietzsche, than the cross-currents of criticism wash him away. My Lord, no man can stand prominence these days. It's the surest path to obscurity. People get sick of hearing the same name over and over.

Everett Dirksen

I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.

Evan Esar

There are two kinds of leaders: those who are interested in the flock, and those who are interested in the fleece.

Estelle Ramey

Our society and our organizations have learned to value masculine, 'quick-fix' traits in leaders. In a primitive society, a rural society, or even the industrial society of the early 1990s, quick fixes worked out all right. But they are less likely to work in a complex society. We need to look at long-range outcomes now. Service and patience are what can keep things running effectively today and women can contribute a lot in both of these areas.

Evo Morales

I am Catholic but I want to say something to the Catholics. Thank you for some of the bishops who live in rural areas, and are still Catholic. These bishops of the Catholic churches still pray for the poor, and pray for their president who works for the poor, while the leaders of the Catholic Church only defend oligarchy.

Ernest Mandel

And you cannot have a socialist revolution commandeered from the top, ordered around by some omniscient leader or group of leaders

Erin Hunter

It was his cunning, this confidence and farsightedness in dealing with his own Clan, that made Crookedstar one of the strongest leaders the Clans have ever seen.

Al Thornton

I just tried to step up and be a leader and come through for my teammates.

I plan on leading this team to victory.

Heather Wilson

I have told the leadership I am opposed,

Tara VanDerveer

I have said to Candice, 'You are the leader of our team. That's just the way it is. Brooke is, too.

I really feel for the seniors. They really didn't think this is how their season would end. They had the lead and they had the game, I just don't know if they played too confident.

Drew Brees

I played with Rodney, I know what a leader he is, ... It's not only the physical things he does. It's the leadership, the mental toughness, what he imparts to his teammates. I know they've been able to put in a lot of subs over the years and not miss anything, but a player like Rodney is something special.

In the past, with a different mayor, Nelson Wolff was the lead player. Look at Toyota.

Henry Mintzberg

To 'turn around' is to end up facing the same way. Maybe that is the problem, all the turning organizations around.

Henry Mintzberg

Empowerment is what managers do to people. Engagement is what managers do with people.

Henry Mintzberg

Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it.