Quotes About Leadership

Always look after your people," he said as I noted down the order. "The way you treat them sets an example for the way they treat others.

Yes, I'm going to be the President of the United States. You know why? You think you can get chicks by being in the movies? You can really get chicks by being the President.

At some point Billy realized he was expecting the president to act, well, embarrassed? Ashamed? For how fucked up everything obviously was. But the commander in chief seemed well pleased with the state of things.

Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times

Being a leading man on a film set under the direction of somebody like Dickie Attenborough is very empowering, and you have to be extremely careful how you use that power.

Operation Claret proceeded with the sort of smoothness that suggested no one in authority was paying adequate attention.

From time to time there have to be individuals who deliberately take on the burden of guilt because they see the situation clearer than those who have the power.

If Baron von Roenne was the best way of planting an idea in Hitler's head, then Baron Oshima was the most reliable way of finding out if it had taken root there.

In 1917, the British Army, under General Sir

Maurice Oldfield, the most senior spy in Britain, signed himself "C," in green ink, a practice first adopted by the founder of MI6, Mansfield Cumming, who imported it from the Royal Navy, where ships' captains customarily write in green ink.

Politics are beautiful. They enable a community to live collectively with one another. It's not about stabbing each other in the back it's about enabling people to reach their dreams and pursue happiness.

If we acted, nobody would thank us. But if we did not act, who would? Making politically unpopular decisions for the long-run benefit of the country is the reason the Fed exists as a politically independent central bank. It was created for precisely this purpose: to do what must be done—what others cannot or will not do.

and thus disqualified from continuing as chairman.

Politicians will have to do the heavy lifting here, because for the most part these are not issues that can be addressed by the Fed or monetary policy.)

As Hank moved from one issue to another, pressing for solutions or more analysis, I could see why he had been an effective CEO.

And I knew that if we began holding regular news conferences, there would be no going back.

the new president will push for action on many fronts.

but as chairman I was already looking at the meeting as something of a chore. I

But I quickly learned that, in both the public and private spheres, how you lead is as important as what you know.

the crisis management team kept in touch through conference calls and by email.

Fuld's commitment to his firm was evident in every discussion or encounter I had with him.

These principles should be more broadly applied in Washington.

Paul still carried considerable influence in policy circles,

But it's hard to avoid the conclusion that today we need more cooperation and less confrontation in Washington.