Quotes About Leadership

Two paths lie ahead of today's CIOs. One leads to becoming a trusted senior executive leader of the enterprise; the other leads to a technical management, "just keep the lights on and do it cheap" role.

CIO leaders must, above all, lead. And lead does not mean manage.

Credibility, however, comes from one place only: delivering results that your enterprise leadership cares about.

If leadership is seeing the potential for a transcontinental railroad and lining up the resources to build it, management is getting the trains to run on time.

The CIO of an enterprise that is maintaining competitiveness needs to focus on IT governance.

CIOs of breaking-away enterprises need to start with developing a compelling vision.

Captain Myles Standish

In his farewell address, George Washington warned the people about political parties. Now we see how both Democrats and Republicans have conspired to reduce democratic participation. If this is the best the Democrats and Republicans have to offer, it's time to look elsewhere. . . . Politics should be the prism for our most noble intentions.

I want to be a cheerleader for women who have never even considered running for office or being involved in a campaign, but who in the quietness of their hearts might think, 'Why not me?'

Todas las artes han producido maravillas. El arte de gobernar sólo ha producido monstruos

Ni Alejandro, ni Aníbal, ni siquiera Julio César habían luchado en un terreno tan amplio e inhóspito. Carlomagno habría tenido que duplicar sus victorias para igualar las de Bolívar. Napoleón, en su lucha por construir un imperio, había cubierto menos terreno que Bolívar en su campaña por conquistar la libertad[3].

No sorprende que a lo largo de los años los latinoamericanos hayan aprendido a aceptar las imperfecciones humanas de sus líderes. Bolívar se lo enseñó.

En Bolívar veía al único líder que podía librar a la nación de la nauseabunda corrupción política, la insurgencia armada y la rampante ignorancia que la corroían[

Democracy without women in power is not democracy at all.

Many people feel that playing the political game involves devious plotting or blatant self-promotion. But in reality, "politics" is what naturally happens whenever people with different goals, interests, and personalities try to work together.

Add women, change everything.

The ugliest government is the one which is spreading fear to its own people! The finest government is the one which encourages its own people to criticize the government harshly.

Respect by fear isn't respect... it's fear.

I think—" Anakin kicked his heel against the polished marble floor. "I think I hate it when I can't stop my men from getting hurt. From dying. I think—

There are two levers for moving man -- interest and fear.

Let us banish fear. We have been in this mental state for three centuries. I am a radical. I am ready to act, if I can find brave men to help me.

It is a responsibility for those that see and have understanding, and choose to not be bridled by fear, to step forward and lead the way.

It's such sport with these heroes of finance: they are like beads on a string — when one slips off, all the rest follow.

I'm the finance minister of a bankrupt country!