Quotes About Leadership

The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.

I was considering running for political office.

I am not the President. Instead, I hold an even higher office, that of citizen of the United States.

Every president, if you watch what they look like when they come into office, you can see their hair turn white because it's such a hard job.

When I was an Independent I believed the same things I believe now as a Democrat. I was an Independent because I was a military officer. I felt like that was the best thing to do because I wanted to be a leader and I didn't want to influence people under me in that way.

Even the most dishonest officer would want to be seen as a role model for his children.

I was an intelligence officer, not a policy-maker.

I am an armor officer.

Over the years, I've had a lot of different jobs - newspaper boy, dish washer, naval flight officer, Amtrak board member, Governor and chairman of the National Governors Association - just to name a few. But my most cherished job - and frankly my most important job for that matter - is being a father.

I don't really think of myself as a businessman at all. That's why I have the 'chief creative officer' role.

As a Marine officer in combat, I was responsible for the lives and safety of all the Marines who served with me.

When a company seeks a new chief executive officer, or a university a new vice-chancellor, enormous trouble is taken to find the best person.

The lessons I learned as an officer, the challenges I've faced, and the camaraderie I've experienced are at the core of who I am.

By the time I graduated, I was the drum major, the highest-ranking officer, and third in my class.

For the first two years of Eventbrite, all the work was done by just the three founders: me, my husband, Kevin, and our chief technology officer, Renaud Visage.

I am open with the players, with my media officer, and also the media.

Theoretically, every probationary officer has a chance to become chairman.

This is why we have a chief medical officer: to set a norm in society, make judgments on behalf of society, so that individual schools or individual parents don't have to decide.

If I weren't an actor, I would be an IAS or IPS officer.

We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars.

I learned a lot in the naval officers' course. It gave me a lot.

I'm not a fan of Secretary Rumsfeld. I don't think he listens enough to his uniformed officers.

One of my officers said to me that Trinidad and Tobago is seen like an ATM card... you come in with the card and you come back out with cash. It cannot happen anymore. It just cannot happen.

Four out of five HSN corporate officers are women. I'm a believer that a diversity of mindset enables us to have an engaged conversation.