Quotes About Leadership

The only thing I command is respect.

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

If you're going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.

I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about yourself and just think of your people. It's always the people who make things happen.

Things happen so quickly. We don't have time for one person to tell everybody what to do. Everybody needs to know what to do in those situations.

A lot of people who went to SC didn't play ball - people who do films, lawyers and doctors, people who do things in real estate and business. There's a lot of people that make things happen out here.

I'd far rather talk about players. They are the people who make things happen.

Players have responsibility, and if they don't do their job, certain things happen. Coaches have responsibility. If they don't do their job, things happen.

Illinois is large, but we do not always receive our fair share of federal resources because our leadership is often divided. When we all row together, good things happen.

We have no George Pattons anymore. We have no Ulysses S. Grants. We have none of the swashbuckling generals that actually made things happen.

I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.

Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free.

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.

I think the American people, with some justification, think that most politicians live in la-la land.

I can't think of a president who has been overburdened by a knowledge of economics.

I think you should always have a big team behind you if you are a big brand because it makes you think big.

Entrepreneurs, by disposition, are built to think big. When a role no longer affords those opportunities, it might be best to leave it in capable hands and move on.

I love Teddy Roosevelt... As a country, we need to think big again.

Think big; think disruptive. Execute with full passion.

Small nations have no time for small goals - they have to think big in order to become contributors.

We knew we had to think global and think big. Most companies that are emerging don't do that.

Joe Biden is a backwards thinker in a world craving forward-looking leadership.