Quotes About Leadership

While a lab director can get done the things that he regards as important, he has the more important job of bringing out the best ideas of the broader scientific community. I learned this early in my career while I was leading the construction of the SPEAR facility.

The prevailing - and foolish - attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he's managing. A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he's put in charge anyway.

You want to be part of something like that, that's something bigger than yourself, that's something you leave a legacy of being part of something special.

We must recognize that as the dominant power in the world we have a special responsibility. In addition to protecting our national interests, we must take the leadership in protecting the common interests of humanity.

We can't have special interests sitting shotgun. We gotta have middle class families up in front. We don't mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back.

I have multiple lines and am licensing multiple projects, but I am still hands-on. It feels special. I don't take it for granted.

Arsene Wenger is a coach who has a very special personality. He has an experience that not many coaches have, and all at one club, at Arsenal.

There have been high crimes and misdemeanors, but they have been committed by the special prosecutor and the Congress, not the president.

Athletes are given a really special platform. It's our duty, as athletes, to be role models.

I have an opportunity now with some of the projects I've done, i.e. the North Pole and the South Pole, to speak to a larger audience and talk about things that have nothing to do with physical education or special ed.

There's nothing more invigorating than being deeply involved with a small company and a young team of founders out to do something incredibly special.

Being in the gaffer's seat is very special.

I think of myself as Special Forces, clearing the path for the infantry.

I joined the Marines, passed Special Forces selection, and became a young leader in the military.

Public servants should be focused on serving the public - not any special interest group, and good governance should be an expectation - not an exception.

In the community, in the African-American community, one person ought to say something, and that is the minister. The minister is paid by the people. He doesn't work for a big company. He doesn't represent a particular special interest.

What this nation most wants, most yearns for, most needs is someone where people know, all Americans know, that even when they disagree well with him, he will always be accountable to them above one's party, above self and any special interest.

If you're a representative, you listen to your constituents, and then you go vote their conscience. You don't go vote your special interest buddies' interest and then come back and justify it.

Americans want someone who is accountable to them above self, above party, and above any special interest. They want a President that has a depth of global experience to restore U.S. leadership to the world and to protect our American dream at home.

While the other parties look at polls and focus groups to decide what they stand for, and pander to every special interest group, we follow our principles.

We chose more freedom instead of more government. We chose the principles of our founding to solve the challenges of our time. We chose a special man to lead us in a special time. We chose Mitt Romney to lead our nation.

SoftBank is not a specialist on any instrument. We did not invent any instrument. Not the best player. But we would like to be a conductor of this information revolution.

I got the chance to be the secretary of state; I'm an international relations specialist. It doesn't get better than that.

Most politicians are either generalists or specialists. It's very rare that a politician is both.