Quotes About Leadership

Knowing our weakness, dividing leaders on both the left and right seek power and fame by setting American against American, brother against brother, compatriot against compatriot. These leaders assert that we must choose sides, then argue that the other side is wicked—not worthy of any consideration—rather than challenging them to listen to others with kindness and respect. They foster a culture of contempt.

What I am not proud of is our increasing resistance to competing ideas, right here at home in our politics, in media, and on campuses. So how do we solve it? We need leaders who—while holding their own opinions—tolerate others', because they recognize that iron sharpens iron ideologically; that diversity in all forms is where our strength and unity are to be found.

As we used to note, some conductors are evil geniuses, but all are evil.

Leaders are particularly prone to loneliness, in no small part because real friendships at work are difficult or impossible with people under one's authority and supervision.

he found himself dispensing wisdom more than knowledge—advice about life and leadership.

In his farewell address, George Washington famously warned against "the baneful effects" of political enmity.41

This is a classic weaponization of values. It's not something that good or moral leaders should ever do.

The ideals of free enterprise and global leadership, central to American conservatism, are responsible for the greatest reduction in human misery since mankind began its long climb from the swamp to the stars.

But never once did he say that Jimmy Carter hated America, was a crook, or wanted to see the American dream die. He knew Jimmy Carter was a good man who loved his country—he just had, in Reagan's opinion, the wrong ideas for how to make America great again.

I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power.

We can't just pop off and drop a bomb on North Korea and think everything's going to be OK. It just doesn't work like that. It's a complicated puzzle.

Coaching is very complex: it's like a puzzle, and many things need to come together to make it work.

Of all the criticisms levelled at Stephen Harper by his critics, the most puzzling, at least to anyone who has covered Washington, is that he behaves more like a president than a prime minister.

There are lots of people shaping decisions, and so if we want to predict correctly, we have to pay attention to everybody who is trying to shape the outcome, not just the people at the pinnacle of the decision-making pyramid.

I have a problem with the way the House is run. I believe that a few people at the top of a pyramid of power have controlled this place for a long time.

Yes, the pyramids have been built, but if you give me 300,000 disciplined men and give me 30 years, I could build a bigger one.

We are taking over a completely broken Brazil. We've never had such a major ethical, moral, and economic crisis, and we want to get out of this quagmire.

When it comes to the qualifications that we should demand of our president, to start with, we need someone who will take the job seriously.

There are a lot of problems with democracy. We need to think about how to find the people most qualified for the job.

In my opinion, Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't qualified to be governor of California.

In that match for Holland I asked for a big responsibility, I got it and I dealt with it. I played well, I scored goals and the team qualified for the Euro 2004 finals. It was a big night and an important moment for Holland.

Even if I disagree with Obama on many, many things, he is certainly qualified to be president. He is certainly competent to be president.

Too many actors have run for office. There's one difference between me and them: I know I'm not qualified.

Assad has to be removed, and then you have to actually put someone in that is a qualified leader that can start to build some trust in that area.