Quotes About Leadership

The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.

Men who create power make an indispensable contribution to a nation's greatness. But, men who question power make a contribution just as indispensable.

Assassins and presidents invite the same basic question: Just who do you think you are?

What can we be in life? Few figures in history have answered this question with as much clarity and moral authority as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

I don't want to run for governor, but I don't think anyone should put public service out of the question because that's not what a good citizen does.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Having kids certainly gets me to ask the question, 'Who is the adult here, and who is the kid?'

It won't be a question of how well-trained or well-equipped the army is but one of the authority it serves.

I'm convinced the question of development is mainly an issue of governance and leadership.

So here's the question: Without a change in leadership, why would the next four years be any different from the last four years?

If a rider is concerned about questionable practices, it's his duty to speak up for the good of others.

And I may often question choices I make as a producer. But I've never questioned the choices I make as a director.

Anytime you make big plans, you have people questioning what you're doing.

That's part of being a real citizen: always questioning your leadership, not only about what it is doing in your own country, but what it is doing elsewhere. Because it is connected.

You know who has done a lot of questioning of generals? President Trump.

I've learned that when I'm directing, I hate when people are always questioning everything and trying to give me directions.

I'm a tough manager. I question almost every assumption in what are hopefully pragmatic ways. The more you question, the more you learn and the more the person you are questioning learns.

But making big decisions shouldn't be easy - it shouldn't be that you have an idea, and you get to execute it without anyone questioning it.

The quality of a leader cannot be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks.

My husband will tell you one of the most frequent questions he gets from world leaders is, 'How's your wife's garden?'

On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have to convince people, you have to tell them why you want to do it a certain way, and they argue with you. Democracy.

I actually think most people don't want Google to answer their questions. They want Google to tell them what they should be doing next.

We are in a period when old questions are settled and the new are not yet brought forward. Extreme party action, if continued in such a time, would ruin the party. Moderation is its only chance. The party out of power gains by all partisan conduct of those in power.

It's funny, because earlier, I used to have questions about how you coped with the seniors in the team, and now I get questions about how you're guiding these juniors.