Quotes About Leadership

That's important when you are running an organization so that the people who work with you know what you believe in and know those beliefs won't change.

[T]he foundation of a great Empire is laid, and I please myself with a persuasion, that Providence will not leave its work imperfect.

As President, I am determined to offer leadership to overcome our current economic problems. My goal is for jobs for all who want to work and economic opportunity for all who want to achieve.

My gift, if I have one, is choosing terrific talent and providing the atmosphere for them to do their best work.

The real argument against aristocracy is that it always means the rule of the ignorant. For the most dangerous of all forms of ignorance is ignorance of work.

I know how teams work. I've been doing this for 30 years.

When you're managing an emergency department, you're trying to keep everybody calm, so when an emergency comes in the door, everyone can do their best work.

Don't forget, I've been fired by studios; I'm not the studio's guy. I'm a guy who can work with studios, but if you ask any studio, I stand up to these people.

People waste more time waiting for someone to take charge of their lives than they do in any other pursuit.

There are times when you work with directors on set, and things are a bit rudderless, and those can be good directors.

I think that the process of figuring out what kind of leader I wanted to be was challenging, because as an actor, you work alone, really.

Wherever I sit is the head of the table.

At a certain point, you have to convince the actors that you've done the right thing. The way I work, if I can't convince them, I've got to move on. I can't coerce them or browbeat them.

It is easy to fool yourself. It is possible to fool the people you work for. It is more difficult to fool the people you work with. But it is almost impossible to fool the people who work under you.

The only thing left for Barack Obama to do is to work like a third world dictator and just put all these guys in jail.

I have no doubt that the government of this great nation will work with its people to lead New Orleans and the Gulf Coast back to an enlightened, proud, safe part of the world.

Ego stops you from getting things done and getting people to work with you. That's why I firmly believe that ego and success are not compatible.

Delegating doesn't mean passing off work you don't enjoy, but letting your employees stretch their skills and judgment.

Margaret Thatcher made tough decisions. She put people out of work and she stood up to labor unions and she did a lot of things that I did not like.

So yes, European decision making is not pretty. But it does work.

[Ronald] Reagan seems to be a man of some basic convictions and on the other hand willing to let others do the ground homework, the detailed work.

In an ideal world, I'd love to work on something that is on par with 'Lost' or better than 'Lost.

The faculty know what they need to develop and they need to work with an administrator with the authority do get it done. To define everything in terms of these index numbers is ridiculous.

My work as secretary of state was not influenced by the outside forces.