Quotes about leaders
leadership effort democracy
The great vice of democracy is that for a generation we have been busy getting ourselves on to the list of beneficiaries and removing ourselves from the list of contributors, as if somewhere there was somebody else's effort on which we could thrive. Robert Menzies
leadership broken-heart brain
Brains are like hearts - they go where they are appreciated. Robert McNamara
leadership decision choices
What is leadership, after all, but the blind choice of one route over another and the confident pretense that the decision was based on reason Robert Harris
leadership wisdom show-me
Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I'll show you a poorly uniformed leader. Robert Baden-Powell
leadership thinking looks
Look wide, and even when you think you are looking wide - look wider still.
leadership looks levels
Look wide, beyond your immediate surroundings and limits, and you see things in their right proportion. Look above the level of things around you and see a higher aim and possibility to your work.
leadership running destiny
I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction. Richard M. Nixon
leadership believe leaving
I believe no one can afford, endure or can stomach leaving half a life in the parking lot when she or he goes to work. It's a lousy way to live and a lousy way to work. Ricardo Semler
leadership force employee
There is no contest between the company that buys the grudging compliance of its work force and the company that enjoys the enterprising participation of its employees
leadership opportunity people
People have a reservoir of talent worth discovering. They just have to be given the opportunity to discover it in themselves
leadership men emergencies
Men ever follow willingly a daring leader: most willingly of all, in great emergencies. Robert Dale Owen
leadership respect thinking
I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect. Tupac Shakur
leadership eye race
In order to cultivate a set of leaders with legitimacy in the eyes of the citizenry, it is necessary that the path to leadership be visibly open to talented and qualified individuals of every race and ethnicity. Sandra Day O'Connor
leadership horse experts
The really expert riders of horses let the horse know immediately who is in control, but then they guide the horse with loose reins and very seldom use the spurs. So it was with our chief [William Rehnquist]. He guided us with loose reins and used the spurs only rarely to get us up to speed with our work.
leadership meaningful sports
You can only make so much money in life and only enjoy so many creature comforts. The important thing is to do something meaningful-to leave something behind.
leadership sports sorry
When I was in the batter's box, I felt sorry for the pitcher. Rogers Hornsby
leadership sports running
Sport is not about being wrapped up in cotton wool. Sport as about adapting to the unexpected and being able to modify plans at the last minute. Sport, like all life, is about taking risks. Roger Bannister
leadership thinking perception
This is easy to say with the benefit of hindsight, but I think it once again points out how very important style of leadership, that is the way he does what he does, is to his perception. Robert Teeter
leadership together citizens
Many citizens see all the leadership of these large institutions together in a conspiracy against them rather than in any adversary relationship with each other.
leadership people important
When you get right down to it, one of the most important tasks of a leader is to eliminate his people's excuse for failure. Robert Townsend
leadership fun mistake
If people are coming to work excited. . . if they're making mistakes freely and fearlessly. . . if they're having fun. . . if they're concentrating on doing things rather than preparing reports and going to meetings-then somewhere you have leaders.
leadership running jobs
A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs.
leadership leader deeds
The leader of the deed was a woman. -Dux femina facti Virgil
leadership business common-sense
The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully. Walter Lippmann
leadership fruit inheritance
The right of commanding is no longer an advantage transmitted by nature; like an inheritance, it is the fruit of labors, the price of courage. Voltaire
leadership jobs class
Next to doing a good job yourself, the greatest joy is having someone else do a first class job under your direction. William Feather
leadership reality government
They really do feel under attack, rank-and-file officers and much of American police leadership, that they feel they're under attack from the federal government at the highest levels, so that's something we need to understand also, this sense of perception that becomes a reality. William Bratton
leadership educational school
All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education. Walter Scott
leadership mind umbrella
The mind is like an umbrella. Its most useful when open. Walter Gropius
leadership strong believe
I believe that the will of the people is resolved by a strong leadership. Even in a democratic society, events depend on a strong leadership with a strong power of persuasion, and not on the opinion of the masses. Yitzhak Shamir
leadership funny-inspirational reality
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. Yogi Berra
leadership rip way
I let the argument rip healthily between the departments. This is a very good way to finding out the truth. Winston Churchill
leadership issues decision
Hasty work and premature decisions may lead to penalties out of all proportion to the issues immediately involved.