Quotes About Leadership

My mama was the man of my household.

And be careful of this, that each day at your meals you have two overseers over your household when you sit at meals, and of this be sure, that you shall be very much feared and reverenced.

If I'm coming in at 4:00 in the morning and my kids have been in bed since 8:00, 9:00, that's not setting a good example. The responsibility that I have kids inside my household has made me realize now that I have to be an example.

The absence of men in the household has caused people to not know how to respond to authority with respect. There's a major problem with the patriarchs having been chased out of the house.

Whether you're a mechanic or you build houses or you work in an office, you don't have to like your boss.

There are a lot of people who go to Washington or go to their state houses with a personal ambition in mind.

A lot of time, I've had bosses who were women that were, like, described as battleaxes, and I loved 'em, man. We get on like houses on fire.

The church should lead on issues of housing and affordability.

I have the ability and the will to lead San Francisco in building more housing. Without it, people like me who grew up in San Francisco, and people who came here for the values we embrace will simply not be able to stay.

It's an honor for me to contribute to Houston's younger generations and show them that 'smart is cool.'

Houston is a dynamic, international city shaped by leaders who dreamed big and acted with an eye firmly focused on the long term.

A lot of those young folks look up to me in the city of Houston. I give hope and inspiration and try to change people's lives for the better in the city of Houston.

I'm really proud of what we are building at the University of Houston, and hope I spend the rest of my career here.

As a manager, it's the same as a player: I want to see how far I can get.

People used to ask me: 'Well, was it the power that attracted you to Bill Clinton?' And I said, well, how much power do you think the attorney general of Arkansas has? Of course not. It wasn't that for me. I just a thought he was wonderful in general.

You have to be careful about how much you reveal to people that look up to you so much.

When employees feel anonymous in the eyes of their managers, they simply cannot love their work, no matter how much money they make or how wonderful their jobs seem to be.

However, democracy cannot be defined as the existence of parliaments and elections alone.

I want France to become the European hub for R&D.

We know that second terms have historically been marred by hubris and by scandal.

I had a lot of hubris going into politics, but I didn't think I was Pierre Trudeau.

If Narendra Modi can hug Nawaz Sharif then what is wrong in Hardik Patel meeting me?

I give people a huge amount of rope, and then I hold them accountable for the rope.

People who have been successful in business have a huge amount to offer young people who are just starting out.