Leadership Quotes

264. U.S. leadership has been rooted not just in our own belief in American exceptionalism but in the faith of others around the world. By so wantonly discarding that principle, the Trump Administration has done incredible harm to the families they have separated through the state-sponsored child abuse that has been carried out in our name.

^{Ben Rhodes}

265. Leadership is being the best example you can be for your teammates. The guy that everybody can depend on on a nightly basis.

^{DeMarcus Cousins}

266. In the conversation about women in leadership, male voices are noticeably absent.

^{Adam Grant}

267. I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins.

^{Norman Lear}

268. The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.

^{Warren Bennis}

269. Bill Gates can’t control a high-level-energy dog, because his energy is very low, very calm. Very intellectual. A dog doesn’t see that as leadership.

^{Cesar Millan}

270. When I step back and look at what’s important to AMD, it’s about graphics leadership – visual computing leadership – as well as a strong computing experience. We have the capability to integrate those two together.

^{Lisa Su}

271. I believe in servant leadership, and the servant always asks, ‘Where am I needed most?’

^{Mike Pence}

272. Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.

^{Dianne Feinstein}

273. Over the years, I have studied church history as well as the contemporary church, and I noticed how rare it is for a God-glorifying transition of leadership to take place in a local church.

^{C. J. Mahaney}

274. I learned that leadership is about falling in love with the people and the people falling in love with you. It is about serving the people with selflessness, with sacrifice, and with the need to putthe common good ahead of personal interests.

^{Joyce Banda}

275. I know that millions of Americans from all walks of life agree with me that leadership does not mean putting the ear to the ground to follow public opinion, but to have the vision of what is necessary and the courage to make it possible.

^{Shirley Chisholm}

276. We do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac, and particularly Fannie Mae, under the outstanding leadership of Frank Raines.

^{Maxine Waters}

277. I vote my conscience first and my constituents next, regardless of the direction of our leadership.

^{Tom Graves}

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

^{Erskine Bowles}

279. When I decided to leave the military, I realized that the skills I acquired there were transferable to the commercial world both in leadership and the information technology field. I made the decision to move to Oracle because of its strong leadership role.

^{Keith Kellogg}

280. The world is yearning for strong leadership and moral clarity; someone who knows the difference between good and bad.

^{Isaac Herzog}

281. The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.

^{Dwight D. Eisenhower}

282. Leadership is IQ, it’s not skills.

^{Colin Cowherd}

283. I’ve learned that positive thinking and encouragement are essential for leadership and progress.

^{Richard M. DeVos}

284. Deloitte University is really about leadership development. Our people love it!

^{Cathy Engelbert}

285. For any movement to gain momentum, it must start with a small action. This action becomes multiplied by the masses, and is made tangible when leadership changes course due to the weight of the movement’s voice.

^{Adam Braun}

286. I don’t think leadership demands ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answers; I think leadership is providing the forum for making the right decision, which doesn’t demand unanimity.

^{Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.}

287. A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

^{Jim Rohn}

288. A leadership culture is one where everyone thinks like an owner, a CEO or a managing director. It’s one where everyone is entrepreneurial and proactive.

^{Robin S. Sharma}

289. I think that in any group activity – whether it be business, sports, or family – there has to be leadership or it won’t be successful.

^{John Wooden}

290. I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn’t. Hey, it made me a better leader: you have to take a lot of people’s needs into account; you have to look down the road. Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy.

^{Dee Dee Myers}

291. Leadership in telecommunications is also essential, since we are now in the age of e-commerce.

^{Michael Oxley}

292. I think to be a great quarterback, you have to have a great leadership, great attention to detail, and a relentless competitive nature. And that’s what I try to bring to the table, and I have a long way to go. I’m still learning, and I’m still on a constant quest for knowledge.

^{Russell Wilson}

293. Managers have different leadership styles and ways to go about their business. But in the end it doesn’t matter if the manager is old-fashioned, old school or always looking towards the future.

^{Andre Villas-Boas}

294. Putin’s Russia is our adversary and moral opposite. It is committed to the destruction of the post-war, rule-based world order built on American leadership and the primacy of our political and economic values.

^{John McCain}

295. I am deeply honored by the opportunity to lead Intel. We have amazing assets, tremendous talent, and an unmatched legacy of innovation and execution. I look forward to working with our leadership team and employees worldwide to continue our proud legacy while moving even faster into ultra-mobility to lead Intel into the next era.

^{Brian Krzanich}

296. Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it – short-term pain for long-term gain.

^{George Will}

297. Under President Trump’s leadership, illegal immigration was the lowest it had been in 17 years. The Trump administration achieved this success because they understood the actual problems and addressed them.

^{Lauren Boebert}

298. Well football teams are perhaps easier to control than political parties, I’m sure the Prime Minister would agree with me, but yeah I think every team needs discipline and a sense of self-belief and that’s important, that’s what leadership’s all about.

^{Iain Duncan Smith}

299. I’m committed to winning. The leadership of the Liberal Party is always the gift of the parliamentary Liberal Party, and I never make any presumptions on it.

^{Scott Morrison}

300. Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done.

^{Vance Packard}

301. The trouble with the Labour Party leadership and the trade union leadership, they’re quite willing to applaud millions on the streets of the Philippines or in Eastern Europe, withoutunderstanding the need to also produce millions of people on the streets of Britain.

^{Arthur Scargill}

302. If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.

^{Ingvar Kamprad}

303. As for leadership, I am the kind who leads reluctantly and more by example than anything else. Someone had to be on the incorporation papers as president.

^{Keith Henson}

304. I think America has a responsibility to maintain its leadership in technology and its moral leadership in the world, to explore, to seek knowledge.

^{Gene Cernan}

305. I think as far as any kind of pressure on a football team or on an individual in professional sports really depends not only on that individual but the leadership they have on the team and the leadership they have on the coaching staff. A lot of times, they can divert some of those pressures off of the individual and off of the team.

^{Jimmy Johnson}

306. Globalisation means many other countries are asserting themselves and trying to take over leadership. Please don’t ask Americans to let others assume the leadership of human exploration. We can do wonderful science on the Moon, and wonderful commercial things. Then we can pack up and move on to Mars.

^{Buzz Aldrin}

307. Leadership is not about you; it’s about investing in the growth of others.

^{Ken Blanchard}

308. To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.

^{Pat Riley}

309. There is no finish line to leadership.

^{Julia Hartz}

310. I think Chinese leadership is trying to tell the world they have another set of logic or reasoning or values which are different from yours. Of course, I don’t think they believe that. It’s just an argument that’s made when you can’t confront the truth and facts. They really want to maintain power.

^{Ai Weiwei}

311. I’m not giving up politics entirely – I’m just giving up leadership of a political party.

^{Nigel Farage}

312. The war and terrorism in the Middle East, the crisis of leadership in many of the oil-supply countries in the developing world, the crisis of global warming – all these are very clearly tied to energy.

^{Julia Louis-Dreyfus}

313. When poor people get involved in a long conflict, such as a strike or a civil rights drive, and the pressure increases each day, there is a deep need for spiritual advice. Without it, we see families crumble, leadership weaken, and hard workers grow tired.

^{Cesar Chavez}

314. Leadership is an active role; ‘lead’ is a verb. But the leader who tries to do it all is headed for burnout, and in a powerful hurry.

^{Bill Owens}

315. Leadership does take work. And it should. If you aspire to be a leader, you ought to treat leadership as a craft, you ought to become a student of it, and you ought to work at it. And if you’re not willing to work at it, well, you get what you give.

^{Douglas Conant}

316. Overall, the challenge of leadership is both moral and one of developing the characteristics that make us respected by one another.

^{Louis Farrakhan}

317. Leadership is something I was born with.

^{Carmelo Anthony}