Quotes About Leadership

I criticized Nawaz Sharif's personal friendship with Modi, but my point has been that there should be good and friendly ties between India and Pakistan at state level. But friendship between these two leaders hasn't turned into a friendly relationship between the two states.

It's my job, it's my role, it's my mission, it's my dream to have everyone who has Michigan ties - whether you went to college in Michigan, whether you grew up in Michigan, if you've ever heard of the state of Michigan - to do what you can to influence the students of the Detroit metropolitan area.

I grew up in business at a time where there weren't very many female role models, and so in the early days, we wore little bow ties like the guys, and we talked about the Army even though we weren't in the Army. And the reality was that wasn't the right way to approach the business world.

To me, Arnold was a pioneer in the spirit of Thomas Edison or Benjamin Franklin, while Tiger is a pioneer in the spirit of Bill Gates.

There has to be absolute trust between the tiger and its master, but its master must be the master - there must be no mistake about that.

There are dangers to riding the tiger of populism.

I run a tight ship, but I try and make it seem like I'm not doing that at all.

My dad was a commander in the U.S. Navy with three daughters - you can imagine the tight ship that was our family household!

For me, trying to connect our team together is so important. I know we'll play really well when our team gets really tight. So I want to make sure I connect with the players so that I can help them be at their best.

We're probably the opposite of the Osbournes. We run a very tight ship.

I started out real young as a tight end, but I was never getting the football. I knew when I played basketball, I loved to have control of the ball. When I played baseball, I was a pitcher. I always wanted to be the guy throwing the passes and making a difference, I guess.

In terms of leadership, you've got to allow for people to be amazing and to contribute in a way that's meaningful. You can't hold on so tight that people don't get a chance to do what they do best.

When we are operating in tight spaces and when the opposition are closing us down, players like Messi can help us to create openings.

I've got the greatest job in the world. There's no other job in government where cause and effect is so tightly coupled where you can make a difference every day in so many different ways and in so many different people's lives. It's a great challenge.

Taking responsibility is not accepting blame instead of assigning it.

It's easier to get forgiveness than permission. If you wait for permissions and authorizations, your ideas will stall and never see the light of day.

The ivory tower analogy is no joke – is it any coincidence that top management is often on the top floor? That's physically about as far away from customers as you can get.

If I had to do it all over again, I would have encouraged employees to make more mistakes. —Thomas Watson, IBM

We should do something when people think it's crazy, if people say it's good it means someone is doing it already. —Hajime Mitari, president of Canon

Give what you command, and command what you will.

Those who love to be feared fear to be loved.

An unstable pilot steers a leaking ship, and the blind is leading the blind straight to the pit. The ruler is like the ruled.

A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.

We cannot both preach and administer financial matters.