Quotes About Leadership

Politicians are fools and the games they play are fools games.

That's the one thing that came out of the war—women proved how much they were capable of tackling.

Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.

The frontal attacks puzzled me. Why advance straight into German machine-gun fire? Why not make flank attacks?" These suicidal charges worked occasionally only because Stalin did not care how many of his own soldiers died.

And everyone understood that Stalin was one thing and the country was another.

What is all this? What did we fight for? Why did we shed our blood, if I can't dance to my heart's content — and I'm supposed to be a leader of the new society!

It is never easy being the one who takes the first step. But if we want things to mature in our life, we must fight for them relentlessly without compromise or excuse.

In business, real discipline comes in saying no to the wrong opportunities." —Jim Collins

Change is the key that unlocks the door to growth and excitement in any organization. The leader's ability to inspire a culture of change can make or break their success. Tomorrow comes at us with lightning speed, and our competitive advantage is a fleeting thing. Bill Gates puts it this way: "In three years, every product my company makes will be obsolete. The only question is whether we will make them obsolete or somebody else will.

If your company mission is to climb a tree, which would you rather do: hire a squirrel or train a horse?

As a leader, however, we must manage our attitudes. Do we need to be perfect? Of course not. But we can never underestimate the influence that our actions and our attitudes will have on our team.

The day before the anniversary of D-Day, we lost a man who was equaled by few and surpassed by none as a leader in the cause of freedom: Ronald Reagan.

Government, is the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.

I wasn't a normal professor. I had worked in government. I hadn't written nine zillion books. I was a hands-on professor.

It's one thing to be religious, but it's another thing to make religion your policy.

If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.

While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.

Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.

I think the personal relationships I established mattered in terms of what I was able to get done. And I did bring women's issues to the center of our foreign policy.

I am often asked if, when I was secretary, I had problems with foreign men. That is not who I had problems with, because I arrived in a very large plane that said United States of America. I had more problems with the men in our own government.

Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn't mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten high school.

But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.

I saw what happened when a dictator was allowed to take over a piece of a country and the country went down the tubes. And I saw the opposite during the war when America joined the fight.