Quotes About Leadership

People are getting tired of the same material; they want to see black girls as leads in movies. And I happen to be lucky enough to understand that - and be able to grab that opportunity and run with it.

I call Kawhi the best team player in the league. He really does everything: he defends. He scores. He has been grabbing huge rebounds. He is a leader. His competitive spirit to win rubs off on everybody.

Politics is about putting yourself in a state of grace.

I love Winston Churchill; I think he had the grace of coming and the grace of leaving - when things were hard he was there, and when it was time to leave, he left.

I think there is room out there to show the grace and dignity of women like Laura Bush.

Congress is like first grade, only not as well behaved.

My father was in Congress when I was born. He was mayor my whole life from when I was in grade school - first grade - to when I went away to college.

I don't want to give myself grades. I will leave evaluation of my achievements to history.

Mandela's political evolution was gradual.

When I graduate, I will either run a division of a company... or I'll get funding for my own company.

I started in politics as a fresh graduate wanting to make a difference, by bringing more political awareness and interest to young people.

My sister and I graduated from Arizona State University where she was president and I was secretary of the College Republicans.

I'm at least smart enough to know I could never fill Billy Graham's shoes, but I'm grateful he gave me an opportunity to help him finish his race on earth well and to continue his life's work.

Graham Yost is a genius, and I know that very well because we worked together on 'Band of Brothers' and 'Boomtown.'

We need to have leaders that aren't afraid to go against the grain to call out failures in leadership.

I was a cheerleader in grammar school. There were no cheerleaders in that school I made them have them.

Here I am in my first command - a bit dazed but feeling very grand.

Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.

I'm not the grand poobah. I'm not the emperor. That's not what I want to be.

World leaders and major political figures have often had delusions of grandeur.

It's kind of hard in politics to forget that you're a Democrat or a Republican and remember that you're a father and a grandfather... and that they're entitled to more than they're getting.

Both my parents' brothers are into active politics and so was my grandfather.

Not to get too grandiose about it, but I really believe I'm saying things a lot of Americans want someone to say.

My grandmother probably never thought she would see a day where, you know, a young black woman would be seen as a leader, which is incredible.