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Quotes About Leadership

It's important for us, if we're going to be a good team, to be a good defensive team in the fourth quarter.
~ Steve Nash
Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.
~ Peter Drucker
I take responsibility for what happened at Enron, both good and bad. But I cannot take responsibility for criminal conduct that I was unaware of.
~ Kenneth Lay
Giving back, doing motivational speeches and stuff like that, that's always made me feel good. If you repeatedly go out there, and you are the change that you want to see, then that's what you are.
~ Keke Palmer
A bad system will beat a good person every time.
~ W. Edwards Deming
I fancy that no good ideas upon that campaign will be mentioned at any time that did not receive their share of consideration by General Lee.
~ James Longstreet
Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.
~ William E. Simon
I believe a good leader brings out the best in people by listening to them, trusting in them, believing in them, respecting them and letting them have a go.
~ Richard Branson
I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
I don't hire good coaches, I hire good people. If they turn out to be good coaches, too, that's a plus.
~ Geno Auriemma
The great and the good will decide what is good for us and make sure that we get what is good for us, good and hard.
~ Nigel Farage
The most powerful factors in the world are clear ideas in the minds of energetic men of good will.
~ J. Arthur Thomson
The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
~ Theodore Roosevelt
My dad is my best friend, my father, and my boss. When I do something that is exciting and he likes it, it feels three times as good as you can imagine.
~ David Lauren
If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.
~ Lee Iacocca
As a leader of people, you have to be a great listener, a great motivator, be very good at praising and bringing out the best in people.
~ Richard Branson
Managers who are skilled communicators may also be good at covering up real problems.
~ Chris Argyris
This is a good day to die. Follow me!
~ Sitting Bull
We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.
~ Noam Chomsky
If I Had To Sum Up In One Word The Qualities That Make Up A Good Manager, I'd Say Decisiveness.
~ Lee Iacocca
You're only as good as the people you hire.
~ Ray Kroc
A good leader is someone who knows what he's bad at, and hires someone who's good at it to take care of it for him.
~ John Flanagan
A new dynasty is never founded without a struggle. Blood makes good manure.
~ Émile Zola
Good soldiers, bad officers; however don't forget that without them we would not have any Civilization.
~ Erwin Rommel