Quotes About Leadership

The priority of leadership is what the lobbyists and giant corporations and special interests in Washington want. It's why we're bankrupting our kids and grandkids.

Young people want someone to tell them the truth. They want to be inspired.

[Hillary Clinton] really wants to be president. She wanted to be president in '08. She's hardly left the spotlight.

I wanted to direct when I was very young. I had no idea of cinema, of who's doing what. That was my first instinct: "Okay, I want to be the boss."

There are elites that are real leaders and role models. There are elites that are really selfish and want to pull up the ladder once they've reached the roof.

I'm really, really worried about the Trump team, and I want people on the team who I think are adults who have judgment and won't do anything stupid.

The national security issues are a really good window into the character of the person that somebody wants to have as commander in chief.

I see myself as a person who wants to serve the constituents within my district and find a way to move those who are not in our position philosophically to our position.

Most people want Jesus as a consultant rather than a King, and He does not come that way.

You set the tone on the set that you want to see in the film.

Directing is a constant test of your communicative powers. You're constantly trying to explain people your vision of what you want and steer these tiny little details into a cohesive thing.

My style is to keep folks in place who are good managers and want to win.

Who comes first? Don't be silly, says King Hal; it's employees. That is - and this dear Watson, is elementary - if you genuinely want to put customers first, you must put employees more first.

You're trying to get a comfort zone with the parents. You want the family to feel comfortable with me in charge of their son.

The biggest thing you need to be successful with it is a quarterback who wants to be involved in the decision-making process and not just merely want to execute plays sent in to him.

I think the important thing is for the president to show action. The people in America want to know that we're listening to them and their concerns.

"Big" government? Who wants that? I just want effective government. That means America's government needs to be big in some places, small in others and non-existent in others.

There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon and liberty. For want of the great man, let us have the great thing.

People want to be at the center of the Universe...and they're going to flock to anybody who tells them that.

I'm not a T.G.I.F. guy. I get off a plane at 2 o'clock in the morning and I'm looking for my secretary because I want to know what's going on.

People who know what they want and why they want it, and have the skills to communicate that to others in a way that gains support

I feel like everybody has a purpose. For me, I just want to be an example of what I talk about like speaking and what I preach about when I speak to schools and companies during the off-season.

I truly believe that I can be president of the US if I really want to.

There are always going to be people who want to be president, and some days I'd like to give it to them.