Quotes About Leadership

Clinton chose his language very carefully. About Rwanda, he said that, at the time, he "did not fully appreciate" the extent of the genocide. Not that he did not know. Because he did know. The Washington Post reported piles of bodies six feet high, and the evening news showed rivers choked with corpses. Regret, not action, had been his policy decision. Regret, he hoped, would not cost him anything.

When one with honeyed words but evil mind Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.

The wisest men follow their own direction.

Do not mistake the rule of force for true power. Men are not shaped by force.

Constantine saw with his own eyes the trophy of a cross of light in the heavens, above the sun, and bearing this inscription: conquer by this. At the sight, he himself was struck with amazement and his whole army also.

A power struggle is always better than absolute power.

We face a choice this election. President Obama is fighting for changes that grow the economy from the middle out and help all Americans succeed - jobs, education, health reform, the DREAM Act, equal pay for women. He is moving us forward with opportunity today for prosperity tomorrow. Mitt Romney wants to take us back to yesterday.

I don't like my men to be too ornate. I like them to stand back and let their women shine, and they should really wear the pants in the relationship.

If one of my boys was asking me if they should go into politics, I'd say there's only one reason to go into public life and that's to help people.

We're understanding what Obama is. He is the great teacher. He is this guy that stands above everybody. There's some condescension in it, but he stands above everybody and says, 'Now, listen. You people have to stop blaming each other unreasonably. You have to get along here and I am going to show you the way.' It is a pretty brave role in many ways.

No. I probably do better not being in politics. They have too much control over you when you are in politics.

When the now-infamous Donald Trump-Billy Bush audio feed was released, my confidence in Trump all but evaporated.

Even in normal times, a senior cabinet minister faces a workload that is relentless and crushing.

Bill Clinton was relentless, eloquent and truly charming.

The University of Houston is a program that should have national relevance.

The charts are only relevant when you're top of them!

Narendra Modi doesn't exist in Punjab, neither are national issues relevant here.

So long as I'm relevant, and so long as my health permits and people still want me, I will continue.

Jimmy Butler embodies those qualities just like the Heat players of our great past have done before. Alonzo Mourning, Chris Bosh, Udonis Haslem. He just embodies these qualities of professionalism, of work, of accountability, of being reliable. And he leads.

To be a director, you need to be reliable, on time, confident, calm, all of those things you see demonstrated in the military.

You shouldn't be scared of putting together a team made up of experts who are better than the coach in some aspects... So for me personally, it was important to have people in my environment who discuss things with me, who give me their opinions, but who are loyal to me and who are reliable.

When I became director of CIA, it was just clear to me intuitively, without a whole lot of science behind it, that we had expanded rapidly and inefficiently. So I arbitrarily picked a number, 10 percent, and I said over the next 12 months, we are going to reduce our reliance on contractors by 10 percent.

And being in the EU has given Britain a stronger voice in the world. Britain leads in Europe, from trade to climate change, from good governance to debt relief for the poorest nations, and in turn Europe helps to lead the world.

I have said it previously and saying it again... my government will work for betterment of all, irrespective of caste or religion.