Quotes About Leadership

It doesn't matter how much wisdom you have. If you don't have position, you have nothing. That's the tragedy of India.

Right after the tragedy, President Bush asked Americans to get on with their lives and we did.

The tragedy is that political leaders failed so badly at delivering what Iraqis clearly wanted - and for that, a great deal of responsibility lies with Prime Minister Maliki.

I've thought from the start that a parallel federal investigation into the death of Michael Brown is important. I also believe that our state and local elected officials have been given a responsibility by the people who they work for to get to the bottom of this tragedy.

In the search for culpability for the tragedy in Ferguson, I mostly blame politicians.

It is a tragedy indeed that new generations, taking office, attribute failures in governance to insufficient power, and seek more of it.

That's the tragedy of our country. Everyone is an inexperienced politician.

Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.

When we look at the situation in Ferguson, Missouri and the tragic death of Michael Brown, we are reminded of the importance of who we elect to our city councils, who sits on our local board of education committees, who we pick to represent us in Congress, in the Senate and more.

It's tragic from how far we've come from 'Hope and Change'.

The government needs to defend its people, to take necessary actions even if they are extremely painful and tragic.

I do think there's no substitute for really hard work. But I think the thing that launched my career at AT&T, I had a pretty tragic thing happen in my family. My sister died, and I was leading a big team at the time, and I had to take time off.

I stood respectfully as Ronald Reagan was sworn in to his second term though I disagreed with him on many issues. I stood as well for the inauguration of George W. Bush's second term though I thought his war in Iraq was a tragic mistake.

The most significant barrier to female leadership is the actual lack of females in leadership. The best advice I can give to women is to go out and start something, ideally their own businesses. If you can't see a path for leadership within your own company, go blaze a trail of your own.

In 2004, I joined my father, John Kerry, on the trail in his bid for the United States presidency.

I don't like following in people's footsteps; I like making my own trail.

In the time I've spent in public life, one of the things I've learned is that some issues look a lot different when you're actually in office compared to when you're on the campaign trail.

A lot of these people, these program directors, just like anybody else in the world, even though they're supposed to be leaders in the world, they're followers. They follow what they think someone else is doing, instead of trying to blaze a trail.

Little girls and little boys need to have role models to look up to and know that, 'I'm not the first one. I'm not having to do this for the first time ever. Others have blazed the trail before me, and I can follow in their footsteps and do the same thing.'

You talk through what exactly happened to Howard Dean on the campaign trail, what Bill Clinton must have lived through, what the daily grind of doing what these people have to do. And they can never lose their temper, they can never be tired, and they can never slip up, or it's on-camera, and it's everywhere - and it's over.

Boris is a naturally energetic and optimistic politician. And when he goes on the campaign trail that just becomes so evident.

Being an actor is great; you chill in your trailer, and they bring you a breakfast burrito and coffee. But as director, you're responsible for every little thing.

As an actor, you get into makeup, you get into hair, you come out of your trailer, and you hit your mark. As a director, you're the first one there and the last one to leave.

As an actor, if you want to while shooting, you can run back to your trailer and take a nap. But you cannot do that while directing.