Quotes About Leadership

I am in politics because every day, I get to work to make the world a little better - for my kids and for yours.

I think Chinese leadership is trying to tell the world they have another set of logic or reasoning or values which are different from yours. Of course, I don't think they believe that. It's just an argument that's made when you can't confront the truth and facts. They really want to maintain power.

And a special thank you to the citizens of Massachusetts: You are paying all the taxes, creating all the jobs, raising all the children. This government is yours. Thank you for letting me serve you. I love this job.

You may feel powerless as a child, but the world will one day be yours. And you're responsible for it. So, seize the day and take charge of it.

Research the leaders in fields related to yours, synthesize their findings, and see how you can apply their hard-won wisdom to your work. Stand on their shoulders, and then make a leap into new territory that is distinctly yours.

There is power in seeing a face that looks like yours do something, be someone. There is power in moving from the sidelines to the center.

In this game you can waste a lot of energy wondering about other people's opinions when the one that actually counts is yours. Because that's your job, to lead and to manage.

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.

Surround yourself with really good people. I think that's an important thing. Because the people you surround yourself are a reflection of you.

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out.

It only takes one person to mobilize a community and inspire change. Even if you don't feel like you have it in you, it's in you. You have to believe in yourself. People will see your vision and passion and follow you.

No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not knock those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself.

Being self-made means putting yourself in position to help others put themselves in position to be successful.

When you are captain, you are never speaking for yourself.

The distance between number one and number two is always a constant. If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself and the organization gets pulled up with you. That is a big lesson. I cannot just expect the organization to improve if I don't improve myself and lift the organization, because that distance is a constant.

You cannot lead others until you have first learned to lead yourself.

You get the best out of others when you get the best out of yourself.

When you're the best, you only want to surround yourself with the best.

The first rule of management is delegation. Don't try and do everything yourself because you can't.

If you look to lead, invest at least 40% of your time managing yourself - your ethics, character, principles, purpose, motivation, and conduct. Invest at least 30% managing those with authority over you, and 15% managing your peers.

Surround yourself with smart, dedicated people - to build something isn't a one-man show. It's more important to have smart people who really believe in what you're doing than really experienced people who may not share your dream.

A leader is a person you will follow to a place you wouldn't go by yourself.

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.

It is more difficult to rule yourself than to rule a city.