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Leadership Quotes


"We need Wisdom to seek for the Kindom and we need the Kingdom to have the Freedom to posess all other things!"


"We needed to go back on the offense and offer clear leadership on Iraq."


"Athena came to stand by her side. She reached out and ran a light touch over the read wrap. 'Nice dress."Grace frowned in disbelief. 'They're fighting to the death and you're admiring my clothes?'Athena laughed. 'Trust me, I pick my generals well. Priapus doesn't stand a chance."


"Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve."


"Everybody must be managed. Queens must be managed. Kings must be managed, for men want managing almost as much as women, and that's saying a good deal."


"Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy."


"Nobody's irreplaceable, including me. I think for too long we've had a cult of personality in this company and in this industry, and frankly, I'd like to see that diminish."


"There is an irresistible demand to strengthen the leadership of the constructive forces of the world at the present momentous time. This is true because of stupendous, almost unbelievable changes which have taken place in recent years on every continent."


"He that would govern others, first should be Master of himself."



"Malicious or not, strong leaders always attracted followers."


"Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts."


"I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State."


"A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason."


"I don't think I have been loved by my troops, but I think I have been respected."


"Leaders find a need and quickly respond to the need."


"Every cabinet minister gets a mission statement from the Prime Minister."


"Leadership excellence means that you must be accepted as a leader, not forcing yourself upon those you lead. Outside of formal authority, it takes trust for people to accept your leadership. Proven consistent leadership choices and results will earn you invaluable points of trust."


"In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech."


"I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes... I really do not see the signal!"


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


"It is the duty of youths to war against indiscipline and corruption because they are the leaders of tomorrow."


"Unless you learn to lead, you will always be at the mercy of someone else to guide you."


"Speaking doesn t make you a Leader, but if you have Leadership skills, people want to hear you speak."


"A leader must stand up for his team even when he has to stand alone."


"Release children as part of your delegated leadership influence - this will enable you to leave a legacy worth noting. Realise the risk in delegation and bestowing this trust - if you sacrifice a rib, you expose your heart to possible pain, hurt or pride, fulfilment and joy. When these come " it's not the end of the world, be brave enough to face the challenge with a positive attitude."


"We're going to need to absorb some pain. The Republicans want to pile all the pain on people who can least afford it and the middle class and Democrats under his leadership want to make sure that we can address deficit reduction and continue to make investments and shared sacrifice is going to be imperative in order to be able to do that."


"Have clean hands in whatever you do. Integrity is doing the right thing when people are watching you and still making it right when they keep their eyes off."


"It's a stupid leader who can't turn follower when somebody offers him a wiser course."


"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."



"Effective leaders allow God to shape them into the kind of people they need to be for each situation they encounter."


"I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside."


"The fact is five months ago this was an issue that people weren't really talking that much about. Because of the president's leadership, because he's brought it to people's attention, it's now a top issue."


"The makers of entertainment must try, in our field, to be honest and grown-up."


"Leaders are called upon to build not to repair."


"Every one has a level of influence that can be harnessed for greater good."


"When there is no Personal Responsibility in any society, there cannot be a responsible government. Responsible government is an off shoot of a culture of Personal Responsibility."


"A significant number of pages and sentences that the administration wants to keep in a classified status have already been released publicly, some of it by public statements of the leadership of the CIA and the FBI."


"And, of course, the fact that Maurice Strong, a Canadian, was in charge made it important for us to pull up our socks and become leaders in this field. Now, here is a field we should be a leader in!"


"I am honored that my freshman class colleagues have put their trust in me to represent our historic class at the leadership table. The incoming freshman class of Representatives is large and diverse but we share many common goals including cutting wasteful spending, getting our economy back on track and making government smarter and more efficient."


"I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not."


"Sinn Fein has demonstrated the ability to play a leadership role as part of a popular movement towards peace, equality and justice."


"Bipartisanship isn't an option anymore; it is a requirement. The American people have divided responsibility for leadership right down the middle."


"In fact, the converse is true: At a time when the United States has been called on for a level of moral leadership, vision and inspiration not seen since World War II, we cannot afford to dissemble about crimes against humanity."


"The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang."


"By 1962, King had become, by the media's reckoning, the new civil rights leader."


"As Bob Dole found out, you can't keep a positive image while being your party's mouthpiece in Congress. That's why no legislative leader since James Madison has ever been elected president."
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