Quotes About Leadership

We have not seen great things done in our time except by those who have been considered mean; the rest have failed.

I want to talk to these people because they stay in power and you change all the time.

During my time we had two chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, at different times of course, on the bridge, both of whom asked my permission to sit on the captain's chair.

In my time, we served with noble and ethical leaders: Gerry Ford, Bob Michael, John Rhodes, men of impeccable honesty. We didn't have anybody locked up for a violation of ethics.

To be a leader is to be awake and alert, to be dissatisfied at all times

I had three stages of knowing Wellington Mara. He was my boss for a long time and he was a father figure. And finally, as we got older, he was my friend.

Nixon is one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides.

Genghis Khan was a fascinating man and way ahead of his time.

Entire generations of Americans have come of age since the ancient time when the president's power was constrained by a duty of candor to the American people.

First of all; Frank was the BOSS. We didn't question any of his motives or decisions at the time.

The only thing worse than a coach or CEO who doesn't care about his people is one who pretends to care. People can spot a phony every time.

I always admired Walt's optimism. He seemed to know the direction he was going to. When I was at the studio, I remember he kept driving all of us back down to a more fundamental level all the time.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down, and that foot is me.

Foreign policy is like hitting a baseball: if you fail 70 percent of the time, you go to the Hall of Fame.

Managers watch over our numbers, our time and our results. Leaders watch over us.

Any time you step forward, someone gets upset.

What you had at the time was a dictatorship with the team owners.

Teams are successful when they are focused, have a short cycle time, and are supported by the executives.

Leaders spend 5% of their time on the problem & 95% of their time on the solution. Get over it & crush it!

When I started Victoria Principal Products, there were 22 full-time employees - they were all women

Somebody has to be prepared to be the good guy from time to time in order for the human race to prosper, though most people don't want it to be them.

Every time we have an election, we get in worse men and the country keeps right on going. Times have proven only one thing and that is you can't ruin this country even with politics.

Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africa's leading organization - and I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think.

George Tenet has been the director of central intelligence since 1997, time enough to have changed the Agency's culture. He has failed. He should go.