Quotes About Leadership

We are going to hire a woman who's going to direct a 'Star Wars' movie. I have no doubt.

If we do want to bring a woman in to direct a 'Star Wars'... we don't want to talk somebody into it.

Countries, not just their armies, win wars.

If the impoverishment and community fragmentation continue, it is not a stretch to predict urban wars sparked by inequality, unemployment, and the breakdown of dialogue between leaders and citizens.

The last thing I wanted to do was to be a wartime President.

The Constitution has not greatly bothered any wartime President.

All defense secretaries in wartime have, needless to say, made misjudgments.

A wartime C.E.O. may not delegate. They make every decision based on the next product release. They may use a lot of profanity.

To invent a war means that you've become a wartime president, and you can suspend much if not all of the Bill of Rights.

I have my warts. I sometimes say things that get me in trouble. In other words, I lead with my heart and not my head. That's the only chance we have against George Bush.

I've learned that, in many cases, people say, 'I want ground truth,' and they don't really mean it. There are warts all over this organization, as there are in many organizations, but you just have to tell truth to power and let the chips fall where they may.

We should be wary of politicians who profess to follow history while only noticing those signposts of history that point in the direction which they themselves already favour.

I'm wary of artistic directors who say, 'Here is my vision', because it's empirical. Basically it's about who you work with and what plays you put on; the vision comes out of that.

Among us, who is above must be in service of the others. This doesn't mean we have to wash each other's feet every day, but we must help one another.

We will wash and clean the ANC, and it will be the ANC you know. The ANC that will work for the people.

Apple Computer would not have reached its current peak of success if it had feared to roll the dice and launch products that didn't always hit the mark. In the mid-1990s, the company was considered washed up, Steve Jobs had departed, and a string of lackluster product launches unrelated to the company's core business.

Washington isn't a city, it's an abstraction.

Washington couldn't tell a lie, Nixon couldn't tell the truth, and Reagan couldn't tell the difference.

Every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells, and when I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is growing or swelling.

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.

I don't want to come to Washington to be just another vote. I want to lead on issues that are important.

I figure I'll be champ for about ten years and then I'll let my brother take over - like the Kennedys down in Washington.

Why did I choose Washington among offers from other cities? Because it is the capital of the world.

We need a new generation of leaders who will promote policies that will foster economic growth and alleviate the middle class squeeze, defend America's national security against those who threaten our people, reform the culture of Washington, D.C., and reassert the constitutional principles that make our country unique.