Quotes About Leadership

Stephen Colbert: Here's the thing: You said to me and to many other people here years ago never to thank you, because we owe you nothing. Jon Stewart: [quietly] That's right. Stephen Colbert: It's one of the few times I've known you to be dead wrong… We owe you because we learned from you, by example, how to do a show with intention, with clarity. How to treat people with respect. You are infuriatingly good at your job, okay?

It is not. The aspiring leader has been set up to fail. He just doesn't recognize it yet. The first few months go well, but reality soon sets in. It is not easy for one person to create change in a large corporation. After one year, the leader feels though he is trying to make innovation happen inside an organization that is, in every way, determined to fight his every move.

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Since 1990, we've found that the returns to shareholders in public companies where the founder is still involved are three times higher than in other companies

You can lead mankind into the gold mines of the mind and into the diamond fields of the soul, and the secret lies in the words you speak.

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It is in vain that he seeks dominion abroad, who is not kingly at home.

Ambitious princes value inherited kingdoms not so much as conquered provinces.

Example has more followers than reason.

right-wing politicians

We in the press, by our power, can actually undermine leadership.

Not all who become leaders crave the power that goes with it.

Being a CEO still means sitting across the table from big institutional investors and showing your leadership and having them believe in you.

I'm surrounded by very powerful women and very progressive men.

These women are a little afraid of Mrs. Murphy, I can see. Over the course of dinner I notice that she can be snappish and short-tempered, and she likes to be the boss. When one of them expresses an opinion she disagrees with, she looks around at the group and gathers allies for her position. But she is nothing but kind to me.

Great minds think alike-especially when they are female.

Only those who row the boat make waves

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what you need done and let them surprise you

general staff and the divisions there exists usually only a single radio wire; between the divisions and the regiments and battalions, there are only messengers. The failure of the Russian radio service came home to them bitterly, and the defeat of the Red leadership can be primarily attributed to it.

In denominations where pastors are moved to a different church or churches every few years, issues of mobility and fidelity are complex in other ways. Laypeople may hesitate to make deep, long-term commitments when they don't know what the next leadership change will bring.

A woman with a mind is fit for any task.

The bottom line is, you cannot be a producer unless you understand that it's all your fault.

Sólo los políticos se arrogan el derecho a condonar o perdonar en nombre de todos, cosa inconcebible para un crimen de masas o un genocidio.

Chris, with Dana steadfastly at his side, would battle back to become both a leader in the fight to cure spinal cord injuries and a symbol of hope for millions.