Quotes About Leadership

During the 1990s, I served in the U.S. Department of Agriculture as the nation's 25th secretary of agriculture.

Arafat's departure has created an awesome opportunity.

Leadership does not depend on being right.

Lives literally depend on what we do.

I play better when guys depend on me.

There are always crucial, decisive players in every side who make the difference and do not necessarily depend on others.

Is it important to have a crew behind me? No, it's important to have me behind them. That's how I look at it. You can't just roll with a situation like you're depending on somebody to help you. You're supposed to help the situation, whatever the situation is that you're in.

I feel very comfortable with the system used by Mourinho. It's a very dynamic 4-2-3-1 that can easily change to 4-3-3 or 4-1-4-1 depending on the moment or the team's needs. He really knows what he wants.

Your ability to shape your future depends on how well you communicate where you want to be when you get there. When ideas are communicated effectively, people follow and change.

It always depends on who you work with. It is not about the budget, not about the countries but about people.

If Brazil depends only on Neymar there will be a problem with Brazil, not with Neymar.

American influence in the world depends on the ability to act with real capacity and set an example that others will want to follow. This all takes resources.

A system depends on the players you have.

You can play Dybala and Ronaldo; it just depends on the situations.

Real environmental change depends on us. We can't wait for our leaders. We have to focus on what our own responsibilities are and how we can make the change happen.

Listen, if Donald Trump were the man you elected president, you'd probably be pretty depressed, too.

I momentarily but genuinely believed that Barack Obama was the answer not only to our nation's depressing politics but to the question of our racial enlightenment.

Now that I am a deputy, I will cease to be an agitator.

You have a responsibility as a locally elected deputy, but you also have a responsibility as the head of government.

When I used to try and describe what the Khan Academy was, I would tell people that if it were a for-profit, I would be on the cover of 'Forbes.'

We are a democracy, and we get the leaders we deserve because we elect them.

The American people deserve their government to be open and accountable.

Here's to democracy. May we get the government we deserve.

Some Democrats deserve to be criticized.