Quotes About Leadership

The coach's main job is 20 percent technical and 80 percent inspirational.

Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.

As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got with a good team unit.

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish, too much handling will spoil it.

Bill Gates is the pope of the personal computer industry. He decides who is going to build.

I never look at the glass as half empty or half full. I look to see who is pouring the water and deal with them.

Negro leaders sought to negotiate with the city fathers. But the political leaders consistently refused to engage in good-faith negotiation.

The winning team has a dedication. It will have a core of veteran players who set the standards. They will not accept defeat.

While you can think in terms of efficiency in dealing with time, a principle-centered person thinks in terms of effectiveness in dealing with people.

Leaders understand the ultimate power of relationships.

Businesses often forget about the culture, and ultimately, they suffer for it because you can't deliver good service from unhappy employees.

While the worriers are worrying, the planners are planning and the accountants are figuring out why we can't afford it, I'm busy getting started.

In business for yourself, not by yourself.

The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.

It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.

He who has the gold makes the rules.

Our vision, which has not changed since the day the company was founded.

We cannot change our rulers, but we can change the way they rule us.

Gloria Steinem in the women's movement. Eleanor Smeal of the Feminist Majority. There are all of these great wonderful women I've met that are so inspirational.

You have to remain cool under fire and let criticism roll off you. Good leaders handle conflict easily and bad ones are eaten up by it.

The best bosses understand the people working for them. That's the first component: what makes my people tick? What are they in it for?

You can be hard on people as long as you're just as hard on yourself.

It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.