Quotes About Leadership

It has been my honor to support and work with President Barack Obama, a man who has brought courage and character to the presidency. President Obama's strength of character leads him to do the right thing, even when it isn't the easy thing.

I don't feel any pressure at all to go along with anybody. I feel pressure to do the right thing for U.S. markets and U.S. investors.

When I came into office, I could have kicked the can down the road for a little while, or I could do the right thing.

There's always going to be a need for activism; there's always going to be a need for you and me doing the right thing, being very Lincoln-sonian in looking out for each other.

While I'm the Attorney General, we will address each issue with one question: What's the right thing to do?

It is about the American people. When something is not ready, it is not working, it is not right, then we owe it to them to do the right thing and say, 'Let's hold.'

Conflict is always the right thing to do when it matters.

Politics is not the nicest business, but there are still times when people do the right thing.

Sometimes you have to push the envelope in pursuit of the right thing.

When you start to get shareholders, clients, employees, rating agencies, and everybody converging, and then your competitors bad-mouth you, you know you did the right thing.

You are a role model to people. You gotta make sure you're doing the right thing.

I just want the state fixed, and I just want to do the right thing for the taxpayers.

I think, with every kid I coach, I'm trying to get them to do the right thing all the time. I always feel like you should raise the bar. There needs to be expectations.

Naming a bridge after Dr. King was the right thing to do.

Self-preservation shouldn't be the first instinct in politics. It should be doing the right thing for the country.

Too often, founders make decisions before determining whether they are the right thing to do. These decisions often create chaos in their companies where people are having to jump from the last 'great idea' to yet another unproven-and-about-to-be-poorly-executed one.

Usually for the last play, everyone goes helter-skelter. They go to the wrong spots. They don't do the right thing.

I don't think I've ever met a public official that didn't think he was doing the right thing. I can't think of one.

One of the important things as a captain or coach is knowing what's going on around you, and knowing the right thing to say at the right time.

On the path to ubiquity of AI, there will be many ethics-related decisions that we, as AI leaders, need to make. We have a responsibility to drive those decisions, not only because it is the right thing to do for society but because it is the smart business decision.

There is that definition of leadership that says, 'Leadership is convincing people to do things that they otherwise wouldn't have done because you've made them believe it's the right thing to do.' And a great speech can do that.

My big lesson from Gamergate is asking the men in charge to do the right thing does not work. So we need women, we need people of color in positions of power not just in the game industry but at social media and tech companies and in Congress.

Is safety a business imperative? Yes. But is it also the right thing to do? Yes. And it's important for companies to increasingly find that by doing the right thing, they're fulfilling their business imperative.

I love Bill Belichick. He is a great coach, great man - raising men to do the right thing and win championships in this league.