Quotes About Leadership

If I'm gonna play a character in a movie or if I want to be the lead of a film, you wanna carry the guy, you wanna get the girl, you wanna save the day or the world.

He [Oliver Stone] is great. I really like working with directors who know what they want and aren't afraid to tell you, "Do it like this. Don't do it like that."

In survey after survey, the Iraqi people say, 'We want to choose our leaders.'

You have to be a political leader, willing to lose an election if you want to do what's right.

I wonder at what point do you stop doing what you think is right and you start doing what the majority of the American people want?

I think you have a responsibility to the people you're making movies with, and I take that very seriously. I don't want to let up and I don't want to let down.

That's kind of what I want to do-set my own trend in the basketball world.

If you make a difference, people will gravitate to you. They want to engage, to interact and to get you more involved.

He's the president. I'm the general. Unless I want to get impeached, I got to do what he says.

A social contract is the way out of this dilemma for corporations that want to lead in the 21st century by showing consumers how seriously they take customer loyalty and goodwill.

Those who lead inspire us Whether they are individuals or organizations, we follow those who lead not because we have to but because we want to.

A boss wants to pay for results, an employee wants recognition for effort. If a boss recognizes effort, they will get even better results.

We must be clear about where we're going if we want anyone to help us get there.

Leaders don't convince people to follow them. Leaders walk forward alone and those who want to go down their path decide to follow.

We have enough to do just trying to make our company what we want it to be. As far as whether I would like to own Marvel, sure, I'd like to own Marvel.

Sometimes you can't even find the director on a movie set. Sometimes you don't want to find the director on a movie set.

I understand the frustration of the community, i want citizens to know exactly how it happened, and if necessary, I will ensure that we hold the right people accountable.

People want change. How is Barack going to do it? I think McCain can bring change.

The one thing you never want to do in politics is take the hit for someone else's misconduct - especially someone as erratic as President Trump.

The position of power and having to make decisions that you don't necessarily want to make is always good conflict and good drama.

Sometimes if you're a director, you want to believe that you're great and capable at all aspects - the technical side, the lights, everything - but I'm not.

[Hillary Clinton] needs to accomplish a lot. She also has to provide a unifying theme for all the things she wants to do.

I think the culture is changing. An example of that is that the commanders truly want the very best person for the job regardless of gender.

It is very simple to be likeable in Washington. You just go along to get along. You just do what your leadership wants.