Quotes About Leadership

Nothing helps make a leader more approachable than admitting your struggles, screw-ups and behind-the-scenes thinking on hard calls. If the leader makes this a priority, the whole company will be more open and methodical learning from failure.

For all the interviews Pelosi does, she doesn't talk often about her struggles and challenges as a woman.

America gets the politicians they deserve. That's it. And you keep struggling.

Well, I will be a president for Democrats, Republicans and independents, for the struggling, the striving, the successful, for all those who vote for me and for those who don't. For all Americans together.

I believe my actual job is that of a mentor. I don't just talk about bowling. I discuss batting, I discuss fielding, I discuss team selection, talking to every boy individually on and off the field, giving them confidence and if they are struggling with their cricket, talking to them about their cricket.

With his deeds, not only words, President Obama has revitalized our struggling space program.

After the non-Japanese Carlos Ghosn was brought in by Nissan to turn around the struggling auto manufacturer, he made English the company's official working language.

I love the idea of coming into a struggling franchise and seeing if I can help them win. First off, I hate to lose. At anything. Secondly, who doesn't want to be the guy to help turn something around?

If I'm the president, I will call in all the different political opinions to come together and to make one front to the benefit of Mexico.

You have heard me say many times that I want strong leaders who feel free to express their opinions.

I think, in politics, half the people are gonna like you, and half the people are not gonna like you, no matter what you do or what you say... It's like there are no right answers. If there were, everyone would choose the right answers. They're all opinions.

The best mentors present their opinions simply as data and not as direction.

When we come into the NSC, everybody has different opinions. At the end of the day, we present the president with all the facts. We let him make the decision. And we all, as a team, go out and support that decision.

The game is a war, and in a war you fight. My opponent is just the director of the opponent's army.

Successful candidates follow a simple fundamental rule: Define yourself before your opponent can define you.

Gigi is a leader during the big moments in any season, on the pitch and off it. Everyone, whether they're a team-mate or an opponent, says he makes the difficult things look easy.

Reveling in our opponents' missteps and losses drags us down as a country and diminishes our potential as people.

The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.

I like Marco Rubio. But I don't know about as a vice-presidential candidate. He's a nice guy, and that role requires kicking the crap out of your opponents.

I try to build up people, not break them down, and in politics, it seems now the game is breaking down your opponents.

Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

This country is just that great that the opportunities are there for a Hispanic president, a black president or any other race for a president, yes.

As a leader, you don't get too high on the highs or let the bumps balance down. Every leader over time has probably equal amount of good luck or bad luck - or, you could argue, has good opportunities or challenges.

I bought my own home in 2004. It's a sanctuary for my family and a place of peace and calm. It's key for anyone committed to leadership and success to avoid the noise and focus on their best opportunities.