532 private quotes tagged leadership

“The school made it very clear that women were entitled to positions of authority. That sense of entitlement allowed us to feel that we have a natural place in leadership in the world. That gave me a mental and emotional confidence.” — Linda Vester

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“For centuries, America has led the world on a long march toward freedom and democracy. Let's reclaim our clean energy leadership and lead the world toward clean energy independence.” — John Garamendi

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“Jamal Crawford reminds me the most of myself, the way he goes to the basket. But they need leadership.” — Earl Monroe

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“In Britain, you do your job. When you do an American TV show, there is a sense of being one with the crew, and there is a leadership element, which was a learning curve for me because it is very different culturally. In Britain, you just do it, leave and say, 'Thanks.'” — Theo James

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“The United States is the most innovative country in the world. But our leadership could slip away if we fail to properly fund primary, secondary and higher education.” — Jeff Bingaman

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“We have now under President Obama's leadership had 29 months in a row of private sector job growth. That stretch of positive private sector job growth hasn't happened since 2005. We still have a long way to go, but we are moving in the right direction.” — Martin O'Malley

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“Al Qaeda is not the organization now that it was before. It is under stress organizationally. Its leadership spends more time trying to figure out how to keep from getting caught than they do trying to launch operations.” — Cofer Black

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“I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No.” — Vernon Jordan

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“Yahoo! is the only company with both scale and leadership in branded and search advertising.” — Terry Semel

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“I think leadership is service and there is power in that giving: to help people, to inspire and motivate them to reach their fullest potential.” — Denise Morrison

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“There has not yet been a major ground offensive battle... There are, we know, negotiations going on between the opposition forces and the Taliban leadership for surrender.” — Peter Pace

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“My focus as part of the leadership is to keep talking about the independent voters, independent voters - how do we get the independent voters back?” — Henry Cuellar

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“My four years in the Marine Corps left me with an indelible understanding of the value of leadership skills.” — Frederick Smith

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“Leadership is simply the ability of an individual to coalesce the efforts of other individuals toward achieving common goals. It boils down to looking after your people and ensuring that, from top to bottom, everyone feels part of the team.” — Frederick Smith

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“The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.” — James Buchanan

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“Whether it was his ability to turn around the Massachusetts economy or turn around businesses in the private sector, Mitt Romney has demonstrated the leadership that we need in the White House to get the country on the right track.” — Lisa Murkowski

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“Twenty-eight years in business and you understand the importance of problem solving and the importance of efficiency, because if you don't become efficient, you don't run a business well, and you are out of business. And I think some of those principles could be applied to leadership in Washington.” — Steve Daines

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“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.” — Kamla Persad-Bissessar

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“In terms of the principles of politics, I think I understand well. Thailand needs someone who has leadership, who has the management skills to help the country.” — Yingluck Shinawatra

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“Bad leadership during the past years has cast on our Party the shadow of great and grave burdens.” — Janos Kadar

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“I want to see a player on the football field. I want to see what kind of teammate they are, what kind of leadership qualities they have. I want to see how aggressive they are, how much fun they have playing the game.” — Roy Clark

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“It's very important in a leadership role not to place your ego at the foreground and not to judge everything in relationship to how your ego is fed.” — Ruth J. Simmons

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“I have spent a lifetime watching kids make mistakes because they were not trained or well led or properly motivated to do well. I never faulted the kids rather, I saw opportunity to train, to motivate, to improve leadership - not to punish the individual.” — Eric Shinseki

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“I knew I could not maintain that leadership in open struggle against Moscow influence. Only two Communist leaders in history ever succeeded in doing this - Tito and Mao Tse-tung.” — Earl Browder

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“At an unprecedented time with the worst attack ever on our soil, our President displayed extraordinary determination, leadership and resolve when history was thrust upon him and the United States.” — Olympia Snowe

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