Quotes About Leadership

I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.

We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers.

I'm not the expert on how the Iraqi people think, because I live in America, where it's nice and safe and secure. --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Sept. 23, 2004

I can press when there needs to be pressed; I can hold hands when there needs to be -- hold hands.

But the truth is that I never had to search for a role model. I was the son of George Bush.

I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well.

When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive.

You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror. --George W. Bush, interview with CBS News' Katie Couric, Sept. 6, 2006

Heckuva job, Brownie!

The nature of the presidency is that sometimes you don't choose which challenges come to your desk. You do decide how to respond.

Those who based decisions on principle, not some snapshot of public opinion, were often vindicated over time.

We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our job. That's what I'm telling you.

History would remember him as the liberator of Kuwait and the President who oversaw the peaceful end of the Cold War. In some ways, he was like Winston Churchill, who had been tossed out of office in 1945 just months after prevailing in World War II. The British voters felt that Churchill had completed his mission and that they wanted someone else for the next phase. Ultimately, that's what happened to George Bush in 1992.

Lincoln discovered Generals Grant and Sherman. Roosevelt had Eisenhower and Bradley. I found David Petraeus and Ray Odierno.

The military was providing him (George H.W. Bush) with an education that was not available at Andover or Yale.

The truth of the matter is, I will miss being the commander in chief of such a fabulous group of men and women -- those who wear the uniform of the United States military.

Boston Mayor James Michael Curley once summarized the philosophy of many politicians as, "There go the people. I must follow them, for I am their leader.

George W. Bush

I had watched Dad climb into the biggest arena and succeed. I wanted to find out if I had what it took to join him.

If you lead, we'll be behind you, one House leader said, but we'll be way behind you.

George Washington once wrote that leading by conviction gave him "a consolation within that no earthly efforts can deprive me of." He continued: "The arrows of malevolence, however barbed and well pointed, never can reach the most vulnerable part of me.

I had taken office during a raging intifada, with Yasser Arafat running the Palestinian Authority, Israeli leaders committed to a Greater Israel policy, and Arab nations complaining from the sidelines. By the time I left, the Palestinians had a president and prime minister who rejected terrorism. The Israelis had withdrawn from some settlements and supported a two-state solution. And Arab nations were playing an active role in the peace process.

I pray Heaven to bestow the best blessings on this house and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.

particularly the importance of setting clear goals for an organization, delegating tasks, and holding people to account. I also gained the confidence to pursue my entrepreneurial urge.