Quotes about Leadership

“Research has shown that the perceived style of leadership is by far the most important thing to most voters in evaluating officeholders and candidates.”

“You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I'm attempting to do right now.”

“There are no ideas in the Republican Party right now in the Congress. They're the party of no. They desperately need some intellectual leadership. And whatever you think of Newt Gingrich, he can supply intellectual leadership. So I hope he does run.”

“China is the largest and most ancient of Asiatic countries, but it is not for us boastfully to talk of her right to a position of 'leadership' among those countries.”

“We need leadership, and we need it now.”

“To my mind the election was stolen by George Bush and we have been suffering ever since under this man's leadership.”

“Fortunately, the leadership of black immigrant communities has always been present in all black liberation movements from leaders like Marcus Garvey to Shirley Chisholm to Malcolm X and Harry Belafonte. We know this is our legacy.”

“As a woman, my style defines my leadership. It's a gentler, more compassionate approach. I consult, I listen and I compromise where it's in the best interest of the citizens.”

“The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.”

“I think leadership is not something you learn; it's something you discover.”

“I think what actually works best is local-level individual targeting of key leadership nodes.”

“Within the narrow confines of Permanent Washington - the journalists, lobbyists, and congressional lifers who are the city's avatars of centrism and continuity - Ford is considered the beau ideal of American leadership.”

“Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.”

“Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.”

“I've learned that positive thinking and encouragement are essential for leadership and progress.”

“Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.”

“Leadership can't be fabricated. If it is fabricated and rehearsed, you can't fool the guys in the locker room. So when you talk about leadership, it comes with performance. Leadership comes with consistency.”

“In a leadership role in Iraq and in running my own business, what I've learned is if you don't listen, you're going to strike out. You're going to fail miserably. The people you work with have got to know you're engaged and you're listening.”

“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.”

“The public sector certainly includes the Department of Labor. Those are jobs that are available. They are open and they are good paying jobs. The government as a whole has been actually retrenching under President Clinton's leadership.”

“Character in leadership is the most important balance for leadership. Without character, leaders have no safety. Leadership has no protection without character.”