Quotes About Leadership

Edward Heath and Richard Nixon took personal awkwardness with each other to new and excruciating levels.

I think it is very important that I should have a talk with you as soon as possible on a highly secret matter. I mentioned it to you shortly after you took office but have not urged it since on account of the pressure you have been under.

It took President Obama to make America lead like America again.

People talk about the hair dryer and all this with Sir Alex Ferguson. What was really great about him, whatever happened in a game, he would spend whatever minutes it took him to get this out of this system and say whatever needed to be said. Once he said, 'Get your bath,' that was it. We knew that it would never return.

The budget evolved from a management tool into an obstacle to management.

In order to fulfill the aspirations of masses, we have to sharpen the tool called the government machinery: we have to make it keen, more dynamic, and it is in this direction that we are working.

At a relatively early age, I began to believe that building a business was perhaps the greatest opportunity for making an impact, because it's a tool for making a change in the world.

The church must be the critic and guide of the state, and never its tool.

Meetings get a bad rap, and deservedly so - most are disorganized and distracted. But they can be a critical tool for getting your team on the same page.

The Ibrahim Index is a tool to hold governments to account and frame the debate about how we are governed.

I work with talented people. I'm just their tool.

When meetings are the norm - the first resort, the go-to tool to discuss, debate, and solve every problem - they no longer work.

When we can export American energy to markets around the world, the president will also be able to use it as an important tool to increase our global leadership and influence, advancing our global agenda and helping to keep our citizens safe.

You don't have to be a professional athlete to be heard - the most powerful tool you have is your voice.

We really believe that mentorship is a powerful tool.

I have all the tools and gadgets. I tell my son, who's a producer, 'You never work for the machine; the machine works for you.'

You have to give guys tools to win with, and if they have success with them then they believe in you. If you don't have anything in your bag to work with, then they won't believe.

Empathy is one of our greatest tools of business that is most underused.

Through the Fellows Program, Acumen Fund prepares future global leaders with the tools necessary to drive significant social change.

City of Los Angeles is my home, and it is my duty to lead by example, contribute all that I can, and help make the world a better place with the tools and resources available to me.

Grant us more powers, not less; grant us more democracy, not less; grant us the tools to move forward because, I can assure you, Puerto Rico will move forward. We did it in the past; we will do it again.

Having the tools and the intangibles mean nothing unless you are surrounded by the best.

I think if you don't give people the tools and the expectations for success, and yet hold them to some value, then you're difficult to work with.

All I'm interested in is giving my players the tools they need to win.