Quotes About Leadership

The greatest work in all the world is the building of men and women of character. Without character there is not much that is worthwhile.

I say let Matteo Renzi work. He took over a country that was in disarray, not florid. And not the other way around.

What the hell do you want to work for somebody else for? Work for yourself!

Though my father was a sirdar, he always carried loads. It is hard for someone who is walking unburdened to generate in others an enthusiasm for work.

Seventh Generation's work with Carol Sanford made me a better values-based leader.

There are reports that Kim Jong Un climbed North Korea's highest mountain. Kim Jong Un said all it took to climb that mountain was hard work, determination, and lying about climbing that mountain.

Personnel determines the potential of the team. Vision determines the direction of the team. Work ethic determines the preparation of the team. Leadership determines the success of the team.

Very broadly speaking, you can put directors into two areas: One for whom you work, and the other with whom you work. And I prefer the latter, for obvious reasons.

People don't do good work when they feel like losers and are second class citizens within their own company.

We are on top at the moment, but not because of the club's financial power. We are in contention for a lot of trophies because of my hard work.

In leadership writ large, mutually agreed upon purposes help people achieve consensus, assume responsibility, work for the common good, and build community.

The country needs the political work of women to-day as much as it has ever needed woman in any other work at any other time.

I find it hard to manage somebody's work unless I have an intimate knowledge of how to do it myself.

I've had the good fortune and blessing to run for the offices for which I really wanted to do the work.

I work strategically with my management team to make all decisions.

I have this philosophy that A and B students work for C students.

Peter's Principle: In an organization, each person rises to the level of his own incompetence.

I have known only one way of carrying on missionary work, viz., by personal example and discussion with searchers for knowledge.

Make a list of 200 prestigious, influential, and powerful people with whom you want to work, play, grow and do business.

If I sought to answer all of the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would be engaged in little else in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work.

Soldiers win battles and generals get the medals.

Do the right things instead of trying to do everything right.

Goering got into endless arguments with other officers [and] he did not like routine work.

Any group is weaker than a man alone unless they are perfectly trained to work together.