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Quotes About Leadership

Sometimes it's easier to chase a title than it is to lead.
~ Eniola Aluko
So I still seized the power, but I felt that if I officially made myself the boss, in black and white, it would be too intimidating for the other producers and the other men who worked on the show. In other words, I had the power, but I gave them the title.
~ Marlo Thomas
Though I'm a congresswoman by title, a politician I've never been.
~ Michele Bachmann
Politics is its own world. It is a court and if the king's eye lights on you, you are a powerful figure. If the king's eye wanders elsewhere, you are out, whatever your title.
~ Maurice Saatchi
I didn't need to be speaker because I needed a fancy title or a big office. I wanted to be speaker so I could lead an effort to deal with the serious issues that are facing our country.
~ John Boehner
People are like, 'What's Game of Thrones about?' I'm like, 'It's in the title.' For real, this is a game for the Iron Throne. No matter what character you are, you're sucked into that at some point.
~ Maisie Williams
When I did 'Cyrano' for Roundabout, I was originally supposed to direct and play the title role, but I quickly realized that was madness, and we called in Jamie Lloyd, who directed me in Osborne's 'Inadmissible Evidence.'
~ Douglas Hodge
Very early on, when I started doing these plays and live shows, I would travel from city to city, and there were a million shows out there... so I wanted to step out among it, and I started putting my name above the title.
~ Tyler Perry
Hillary Clinton wants a new title, and I would, too, if I already was secretary of the status quo.
~ Mike Pence
You know when you have a manager that is always successful, is always in the title race and always playing in the Champions League.
~ Diego Costa
In my home country, which is one of the oldest kingdoms in the world, you're born with the title. You don't get elected. I don't know how the king and queen of Denmark would respond if they suddenly had to do a speech, if the people would vote for them. I don't know how that would end up.
~ Pilou Asbaek
Our Party conferred the honourable title, 'The Heroic Working Class of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il,' on our working class that supported the great leaders' ideas and leadership with loyalty.
~ Kim Jong-un
I am a coach. I don't have to have a title. I have five children that need guidance.
~ Ray Allen
Every camp I do, I'm always trying to figure out how I can help kids get better, so holding the actual title of coach, that doesn't matter to me. In life, I'm a coach. I think we all are.
~ Ray Allen
For more than three months, I had been president and primary owner of Spellman Investigations, and I can say with complete certainty that I had more power in this office as an underling. My title, it seemed, was purely decorative. I was captain of an unfashionable and sinking ship.
~ Lisa Lutz
No matter who is on your team, you are going after the title.
~ David Fizdale
I don't want my title to define my character. I don't think, as a president, I will change.
~ George Weah
After a world title run, you can't really call someone else your leader.
~ Cody Rhodes
Klopp impresses me so much that I say I want to win the title for this man.
~ Xherdan Shaqiri
I absolutely am not the 'de facto front man' in The Mob - that title surely goes to Russell Allen, who is one of the best front men in the business. I am just happy to be part of the band and not necessarily leading it.
~ Mike Portnoy
You have to win the title with a strong team and a strong defence, but I don't only like to talk about the four defenders and the goalkeeper when you concede goals. It's about the team.
~ Patrice Evra
I have been part of very successful City teams, but it was never at the end of a dominant season that we were able to win a title.
~ Vincent Kompany
I was under pressure in my first season at Valencia, and we won the title. Two years later, I was under more pressure there, and we won the title and the UEFA Cup.
~ Rafael Benitez
I should hold the IWGP title always.
~ Kazuchika Okada