Quotes About Leadership

Every film I've ever worked on, and that includes 'Braveheart' and 'Trainspotting,' I've always witnessed a director having a breakdown. Every director will have a day, without exception, where they just can't do it anymore, they don't know what to say to their cameraman, their cast. It's the sign of real, physical exhaustion.

I have been the only female minister in every government department I've worked in.

When I worked as a chef I had a happy brigade. I didn't run it with a rod of iron because I didn't need to me. I honestly believe that relaxed happy staff will be reflected in the food.

President Assad, I worked with. I know him reasonably well, met with him a few times, and he's a liar.

Jurgen Klopp is the perfect role model. He has won so much at Liverpool and for Borussia Dortmund but also he worked for a long period at Mainz 05.

I've worked with a lot of directors who really don't have a sense of what the hell they want.

My mother and Ethel Kennedy became good friends and worked together on a number of causes they had shared with their husbands. They together co-chaired 'A Time to Remember' to mobilize a movement for gun control.

I lead by example. My kids know what sweat is. They've seen me come home from so many runs and asked, 'What's on your skin? How did you get it?' And I tell them, 'It's from exercise!' So now my son will come home from a bike ride, take off his helmet and say, 'Look, Mom. I'm sweating! I just worked out!'

I think we have enough Washington in Washington, and I think maybe we need a little more Florida, and this recipe that's worked for Florida, in Washington.

I had worked hard my entire career to establish myself as a leader. But I wasn't a leader until I was perceived as one.

I have worked on Wall Street and on Bay Street. I started a charity and I've been doing it while raising four children. And I think that's the kind of experience people want to see from their political leaders. It's real life experience.

I worked for George Bush. I'm proud to have worked for him. I think that a lot of the most controversial things we did, that people didn't like and - and criticized us for, things like the terror surveillance program or the enhanced interrogation techniques, were things that allowed us to save lives.

I worked with the best - Givenchy, Dior, Yves Saint Laurent - and it gave me an ability to be confident. It turned me into a CEO and a creative director and a brand.

Secretary Clinton and I have worked well together, but the Arab Spring is a different question... This administration, collectively, made some very bad decisions, and they now have to climb out of a deep hole.

All the kids - well, I don't know about the girls in the family, but all the boys - worked in my grandfather's office in the summers and maybe on weekends once in a while, so they saw how he operated. They saw how he treated people. They saw the kinds of people he rubbed elbows with.

It feels like my job is to support people. I support great artists. When I worked with a symphony, I sat in the third chair, not the first chair.

Together, often by unanimous vote, the council has worked quickly to get positive results.

I worked with many great assistants to Sir Alex Ferguson over the years. Yet sometimes a manager's second-in-command is more suited to that role than any other. You confide in them - you tell them things that you would not tell the manager - and they are that bridge between the boss and the players.

I've had the school of hard knocks, and I've worked my way up to be the governor of this great state of Connecticut.

My whole life's been stability. People who have worked with me have for a long time. Air Asia is the same people who started it.

Ive worked for crazy people, and I decided I want to keep my staff and the people growing. Its more exciting for them and they do a better job.

When I became White House press secretary, there were other limitations that were thrust upon me. Bill Clinton was under pressure to appoint women to visible positions. I was 31, I'd never worked in Washington. Was I ready for this large and visible job? Still he wanted the credit. So he gave me the job but diminished the job.

I've worked with incredible people that have set amazing examples for me.

I've worked as a diplomat before I became a politician.