Quotes About Leadership

Many Americans do not understand that the officers of the government are simply the servants of the people.

I actually went out and tried to hire the very best Cabinet officers that I could, understanding they can make help make the hard calls for the budget position that we're in.

Kashmiris are highly talented. So many become IPS and IAS officers. Kashmiris have the potential to lead the nation.

It's like I learned in the military: the officers always ate last. When you're responsible for people, that's how it should be.

I would not put C.I.A. officers at risk by asking them to undertake risky, controversial activity again.

There is no better way to manage than by walking around. Autocracy doesn't work. Talk to people in their offices, find out what's on their minds.

If the President really wanted to know exactly how Rove and Libby were involved, he could walk down to their offices and demand that they answer him honestly.

I don't believe very much in corporate offices. I believe in leaders who are with their customers and their people.

I truly am of the belief that I should be nominated and elected 'Emperor of North America' and given a shot at being ruler of the universe, and I haven't had the chance to craft my campaigns for these offices yet because I've been very busy with Brock Lesnar.

The traditional path to making a name for yourself in our family is running for elective office, and I couldn't do that because, for one thing, all the really good offices were taken.

Even though I was there through it all, it is hard for me to comprehend that I was growing up with brothers who would eventually occupy the highest offices of our nation, including president of the United States.

I do not believe you have to be an elected official to help 'change the world.' In fact, maybe it is easier from the outside.

If you were a public official, you had to be accountable, and you had to be reachable.

People who champion Trump say they don't want politics-as-usual. But 'politic' is also an adjective. It means 'tactful and diplomatic.' It's necessary for an elected official to be politic.

I do think there's a difference between what a religious leader says and does and what a public official or legislator does. But there's no question that a lot of our legal underpinnings find a good bit of their foundations in the Scriptures.

As a writer and former elected official, I believe in the power of words.

As an elected official, an advocate for children, and an educator, Glenn Poshard has always fought for what's right.

Like some high official, you have to tell your brain: 'Do it. Come on. I have to do it.'

I am an elected official; I was not elected by the Right.

I encourage all young people who are interested in government to try and apply to work for a congressman or some other elected official because you get very good experience.

And I think when you're an elected official, rightly so, you should watch what you say.

Well, Trump campaign is not an actor. Trump campaign is the official campaign of the president.

I am an elected official. I am a parent.

I'm hard-wired to view everything that Albany does through the lens of a local town, city, county official.