Quotes About Leadership

A president who justifies his actions to the public might be induced to change them. A president who justifies his actions to himself, believing that he has the truth, is impervious to self-correction.

We want to hear, we long to hear, "I screwed up. I will do my best to ensure that it will not happen again." Most of us are not impressed when a leader offers the form of Kennedy's admission without its essence, as in Ronald Reagan's response to the Iran-Contra scandal, which may be summarized as "I didn't do anything wrong myself, but it happened on my watch, so, well, I guess I'll take responsibility."3 That doesn't cut it.

Brian looked at Michele and shrugged. Michele shook her head back at him. They both looked at Jo Dee. Here they were on the verge of finding the head, Michele pondered, and they were at the mercy of a ten-year-old. Have you got that item covered? she asked Jo Dee, hopefully.

This, the only occasion in the Iliad when furious Achilles smiles serves as a bittersweet reminder of the difference real leadership could have made to the events of the Iliad. Agamemnon's panicked prize-grabbing in Book One and even Nestor's rambling authority pale beside Achilles' instinctive and absolute command of himself and the dangers of this occasion.

When conditions allowed, he ordered fires lit to dry his men's sodden gear.

Bligh made an announcement. "I now thought it for the Good of the Service to give Mr. Fletcher Christian an Acting Order as Lieut. I therefore Ordered it to be read to all hands.

It would seem that to Bligh, infliction of punishment was like sickness, and scurvy, something that had no place on a well-run ship. William Bligh had set out to make the perfect voyage.

Perhaps the most dangerous thing on Earth is the person who always follows. What if you follow the wrong person? The wrong Idea?

Reeve loved that Janie would make the plans. She'd make a list, he'd follow it, that would be that.

An old black bull threw back his head and bawled when the cows behind him didn't keep up, as if telling them the breakfast buffet was about to be spread, and he wasn't waiting for grace.

Guess you can take the teacher out of the classroom, but you can't take the bossy out of the teacher.

Are you and Finn more than boss and hired hand? You might say that. My ranch is bigger than his, Quaid teased. It's not the size of the ranch, darlin;. It's the heart that runs it, she answered.

Bossy as hell, ain't you?" "I prefer to think of it as highly acute organizational skills." "That's just fancy talk for bossy," he argued. "Words are words.

together, but Billy Lee was the magician. I barely qualified

Boaz is not diminished, marginalized, or feminized in the slightest by being outnumbered and influenced by Ruth and Naomi. As a matter of fact, he only grows stronger himself through his collaborations with them.

I believe the church of Jesus Christ should be first in line to champion the empowerment of women and girls throughout the world to become contributing members in their societies.

the wife is to exemplify the church's joyful submission to Christ by following her husband's leadership.

Ruling was more difficult than wanting...

Janis believed that groups are especially likely to suffer from groupthink if they are cohesive, have highly directive leadership, and are insulated from experts.

Official military reports credited Montgomery with the Combahee River Raid's triumph, yet soldiers recognized this victory as Harriet Tubman's.

Everyone has the same end goal to produce a product they can be proud of; projects that fail are typically missing the leadership of a strong producer with proactive strategic abilities and an in-depth understanding of the process.

We the unwilling, led by the unqualified, will perform the unbelievable for the ungrateful

Good girls always come second.

The hips were the leaders of this conspiracy. So I rang my boss and held the phone to my hips so he could hear them too.