Quotes About Leadership

The world is undoubtedly a safer, freer place because Thatcher - like Reagan - refused to back down when it came to defending freedom.

As a team-mate, the one who taught me the most was undoubtedly Fabio Cannavaro.

President George H.W. Bush was a friend to so many of us and his loss will undoubtedly be felt deeply across the Granite State.

The relationship between talent and management is uneasy, at best.

Uneasy lies the head that craves the crown.

What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.

A serious dose of unemployment and a spate of bank failures can make the unelectable electable quite quickly.

We have a country that is $5 a gallon gas, $4 a gallon gas, we got unbearable unemployment and a federal government that is out of control. We have to take back this country and we've got to get off the sidelines and take it to President Obama.

What America is thirsting for now is a battalion of strong, down-to-earth 'doers' - managers, frontline activists, business and social entrepreneurs engaged in tackling America's manifold problems of unemployment, education, and competitive slouch.

Every Labour government has left office with higher unemployment than when it entered.

The unemployment rate went down as I was governor of Massachusetts. We were losing jobs every month when I came into the state.

I've been elected for 15 years without so much as a smidgen of a stain on my public record. I'm confident that I've done nothing wrong. Nothing unethical and nothing illegal.

An ethical action, like an unethical action, is usually analyzed by politicians purely in pragmatic terms.

Gordon Brown doesn't often spring surprises. He's usually far too cautious to deliver the unexpected.

I've directed seven movies and know a thing or two about dealing with unexpected crises.

An effective public-health response requires that those leading the response pivot when new information comes out and change course when unexpected circumstance arise.

Some might argue that it's unfair to judge Hillary Clinton for the policies her husband championed years ago. But Hillary wasn't picking out china while she was first lady. She bravely broke the mold and redefined that job in ways no woman ever had before.

I thought it was unfair to ask school kids to integrate first. The parents should lead the way, not send out the children as advance troops.

I'd like to run for office someday, but I'm afraid my ability to spell might give me an unfair advantage.

Black players had an issue with Joe Torre. They weren't treated like everybody else. Even I got called out in a couple of meetings that I thought was unfair.

I cannot be music director at La Scala and at Staatsoper. This would be unfair to one of the two institutions.

While it can feel unfair to have to make a career decision because of a morally deficient boss, doing so can sometimes lead you in the right direction, if a bit faster than you otherwise would have preferred.

It seems inevitable, if unfair, that when a woman is vying for a prominent position in office, her outfit choices will be analyzed to a degree considerably higher than those of her male counterpart by simple existence of gender stereotypes.

You're put into a box where you're either an offensive, defensive coach or a player development guy. Fair or unfair. You have to be whatever your team needs you to be.