Quotes About Leadership

Just like Tim Robbins is very political - and obviously, Arnold Schwarzenegger must be - I want to be able to have this public personality that's considered authoritative.

It's very noble of President Obama to want to stay at the helm and maybe go down with this sinking ship.

Newt correctly assumes that the American public is beginning to look down the road and at least distinguish the landmarks on either side and know where it wants go. We have a chance to lead it there.

I never said that I wanted to be the only company, is it my fault that I ran my company well? Wouldn't you want the best for your company? Also consider that I started of small.

In some cases, I would not want us to follow their [Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton] pattern. I do not believe they are setting the best example.

The administration still wants to govern from the far-left and that's going to produce kind a partisan result here in the Congress.

If you're a quarterback, you want everything on your shoulders. You want to be the one to make the decisions.

Any idea that turns out to be truly great can be harvested for tens of years. On the other hand, if you want to continue to be great, you've got to bet on new things, big, bold bets.

The trouble with Democrats is that they all want to run for President

No CEO ever says, 'Damnit, we need to increase research!' I want to encourage them to do that.

If you are going to develop beast technology, you want to start by having cage technology. You want to make the rules first, you know.

We did not enter the search business. Google entered the phone business. Make no mistake they want to kill the iPhone. We won't let them.

Imagine if the United States, in its war against Hitler, had said to Stalin: we don't want your support until you make your country democratic.

A man wants a woman who will place him at the top of his priority list, not second but first. He wants to be the kingpin around which all other activities of her life revolve.

The challenge is to manage creative people so that the output is fruitful. The challenge is not to have an open environment and simply let them do whatever they want.

The worst thing is the day you realize you want to win more than the players do.

Our system of education is locked in a time capsule. You want to say to the people in charge, 'You're not using today's tools! Wake up!'

It is in the public interest to know what our governors are up to. If they are up to doing good, then they are only too happy to let us know. When they are up to no good, they want that kept secret.

Saying 'no' or even 'stop' is the hallmark of the professional you want on your team.

Creative leadership impact increases in your 50's. When I turn 50 I want to say, "Nice start!"

If I am your leader, you have to listen to me & if you don't want to listen to me, then drop me as your leader

A nation is not a budget, no matter how much ideologues want it to be so.

You can only lead if the people that you're leading want to be led.

As an advisor, I can say what I want. If I were a politician, I would constantly have to compromise, and I'm incapable of doing that.