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Quotes About Leadership

I am the future of strength as I am King of the Stones!
~ Hafthor Bjornsson
I think we've lost the idea that politicians are part of the humanities. And we think of them as part of a natural science tradition, and we don't expect them to have the contact with literature, with history, with the richness of descriptive language that the humanities have always stood for. And I think that's a great loss.
~ Martha Nussbaum
In our family, the men have always stood at the head, true patriarchs that take the lead, teach, and live their lives as examples... Women have a significant role as helpers to our husbands and co-counsels in the parental equation.
~ Alveda King
If I made a commitment, I stood by that commitment - and try to make it real. Because when you become leaders, the most important thing you have is your word, your trust. That's where respect comes from.
~ Michelle Obama
No minister ever stood, or could stand, against public opinion.
~ Robert Peel
I'm not a headline guy. I know that as long as I was following Ruth to the plate I could have stood on my head and no one would have known the difference.
~ Lou Gehrig
I identify... with the ideas that Malcolm X stood for.
~ Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Certainly I think the election of John Kennedy and all he stood for was one that really was an inspiration.
~ Birch Bayh
The story of Jackie Robinson is also the story of Branch Rickey. He had many reasons for doing what he did, but he stood up against his own people.
~ Jim Brown
Everybody who served in John Kerry's boat under his command, save one, has stood with him.
~ Mark Shields
Let me tell you the first president to recognize the state of Israel was Harry Truman, a Democrat and every president since, Democrat and Republican, has stood closely with Israel.
~ Dick Durbin
Ronald Reagan's era can be defined, number one in most people's minds, by the Cold War and by the end of it - and by the strong principles he stood for.
~ Marco Rubio
As a person, I have never been discourteous or nasty to anybody. I may have stood my ground a bit too directly, a bit too firmly, and I believe I have, over a number of years, learned to be a little less direct.
~ Meles Zenawi
I grew up in a highly political home. My mother was the co-chair of the 300 Group, an organisation whose aim was to get more women MPs into parliament, and she herself stood in the 1987 election, the year before she died.
~ Noreena Hertz
I registered as a Republican when I turned 18 because of Ronald Reagan - he was the president at the time; I admired what he stood for. I respected him.
~ Brian Sandoval
I stood up for what I believed in starting businesses.
~ Rick Scott
We worked very well with Mark Sanford. We stood shoulder to shoulder fighting for the principles that we believe in. But another person that stood there as well was a legislator, State Senator Larry Grooms.
~ Jeff Duncan
I like George W. At a time when this country was hit hard, he stood up for America. He's been the leader of the free world during the hardest time America's ever had.
~ Johnny Van Zant
The day after Donald Trump was elected, Chinese business leaders, including the heads of Baidu, stood up and gave a speech saying, 'Come to China and build your company now.' The cognitive dissonance of that was amazing for some of us to think we might be losing our leadership role in building companies.
~ Chris Sacca
Throughout my first year in office, I have stood up for principles that will guide our country back toward the path of freedom and prosperity.
~ Jason Chaffetz
Steven Gerrard was someone I looked up to massively. I'd always try to copy him, right down to the boots he was wearing. It was his attitude on the pitch that stood out - you could really see how much he hated losing.
~ Dele Alli
Hillary stood with us, as she has stood with so many over the years, and we are proud to stand with her for our country now.
~ Valerie Plame
I've stood down as UKIP leader. I'm not responsible for these people anymore.
~ Nigel Farage
Billie Jean King always was there for me as a role model. She always fought for equality, and that always stood out as I was coming up.
~ Katrina Adams