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Leadership Quotes
"If you don't understand that you work for your mislabeled 'subordinates,' then you know nothing of leadership. You know only tyranny."
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"I mean, Emily Harris was his wife. And she seemed to resent his leadership, but on the other hand, she felt like a good soldier, that he had to be the leader."
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"Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty."
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"Rarely have elected leaders been so intent on defying the public will."
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"Be assured that I did not become the Mayor of Chicago to preside over its decline."
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"Columbus did not seek a new route to the Indies in response to a majority directive."
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"A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice."
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"Leadership is not a position; it is an action that inspires and influences positive change."
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"Without vision, a church devolves into a lukewarm, aimless organization characterized by infighting, budget grabbing and a dead heart for the lost."
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"I think Mr. Clarke had a tendency to interfere too much with the activities of the CIA, and our leadership at the senior level let him interfere too much. So criticism from him I kind of wear as a badge of honor."
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"The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people."
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"Democrats have no agenda, no plan for the future, and no sense of leadership."
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"Tis a dainty thing to command, though twere but a flock of sheep."
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"Make decisions about the President's personal security. He can overrule you, but don't ask him to be the one to counsel caution."
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"I don't believe in taking right decisions. I take decisions and make them right."
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"The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed."
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"That's the good thing about being president, I can do whatever I want."
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"Initiative is doing the right things without being told."
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"No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings."
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"Gandhi, the greatest political genius of our time, has pointed the way. He was shown of what sacrifices people are capable once they have found the right way. His work for the liberation of India is a living testimony to the fact that a will governed by firm conviction is stronger than a seemingly invincible material power."
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"Lead with your heart. The rest will follow."
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"And I'd say one of the great lessons I've learned over the past couple of decades, from a management perspective, is that really when you come down to it, it really is all about people and all about leadership."
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"True leaders demonstrate initiatives-They lead the way for others to follow."
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"Stop the pity party! Your sorrow is full and complete when you go through unfortunate circumstances and decide to mourn for life as a result of the unexpected."
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"Leaders create and maintain good interpersonal relationships with people they meet and work with. People who lead better relate better."
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"If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully."
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"I know that the right kind of political leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine."
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"The last man in the world who should have been criticized was the American soldier. They should have criticized me."
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"I'm floored that the House leadership would turn its back on job creation for Mississippians."
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"It became very clear that Hanoi was in effect strategically running the Viet Cong operation."
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"I was initially a leading man, but only on television."
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"I like the evening in India, the one magic moment when the sun balances on the rim of the world, and the hush descends, and ten thousand civil servants drift homeward on a river of bicycles, brooding on the Lord Krishna and the cost of living."
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"Half a world away nations that once lived under oppression and tyranny are now budding democracies due in large part to America 's leadership and the sacrifices of our military."
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"If you foul up, tell the President and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes."
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"Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned."
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"A leader who loses his connection to his people soon loses the ability to lead them."
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"For me, I have no political ego in this thing with respect to any other leader and what they might feel is appropriate or necessary in what they're going to try to do... We need everybody on the front lines."
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"I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together."
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"Don't automatically obey Presidential directives if you disagree or if you suspect he hasn't considered key aspects of the issue."
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"The true leaders of our time, the legends of this world or the movers of the movers are the towering figures that are blessed with beautiful minds, receptive ears and directing voices. They are the ones we should emulate in life."
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"Vision and persistence will take you to the top of the leadership mountain, but only humility will keep you there."
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"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."
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"I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit and to mothball his opinions."
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"He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled."
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"The reward of the general is not a bigger tent but command."
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