Quotes About Leadership

Far less wealthy industrialized countries have committed to end child poverty, while the United States is sliding backwards. We can do better. We must demand that our leaders do better.

You always have to know when to bow out. You bow out while you are on top.

But while Nelson Mandela's work is sadly done, his dream is unfinished.

I liked Truman very much. He was precise and businesslike. After a while, it was his turn.

I would sincerely regret, and which never shall happen whilst I am in office, a military guard around the President.

I've got to tell you what, the soldier doesn't fight very hard for a leader who is going to shoot him, okay, on his own whim. That's not what military leadership is all about.

Washington, as we know it, is essentially run by men and women who are not elected or even appointed to their posts, staff members unaccountable to traditional constituencies. They rise according to the needs and whims of their own special constituency of elites.

A vocation is a noble thing and not to be subverted by the whims of politicians.

We don't want Arizona to be dependent on the whims of Barack Obama and the federal government.

A lot of times I think the cast members, the lead characters in a show really set the tone for the show. On some shows, the stars of the show will just be whining and complaining and spending the whole time texting their boyfriends on their Blackberries, and there's just no attention given to the work.

The role at the DCCC as well as the role of chief deputy whip - I wouldn't be where I am in those spots if it were not for the speaker's approval.

Anyway, so here I was caught between Johnson on the one side, who was my leader, I was his whip, and here was my dear friend, personal friend, Kennedy, and they're going to go into my state and ruin it. What am I going to do?

A titled leader relies heavily on positional power to get things done; a natural leader is able to mobilize others without the whip of formal authority.

Being whip is working with members, educating them, and trying to move legislation forward.

It's no secret I was part of John Dingell's whip team.

I want to continue to serve as whip of the caucus.

The whip's office is almost more educational - educating members on the bill itself, listening to members ahead of time.

Starting in 2005, my first session in the legislature, my colleagues elected me to be Democratic whip.

I certainly want to be the whip, and that's an election every two years in the Senate Democratic caucus.

I am excited about being a part of the Whip Team, and I am grateful to Congressman Steve Scalise for his appointment.

If Mitt Romney is vanilla, Chris Christie is three hefty scoops of Rocky Road topped with whipped cream, Red Bull, and gravel.

Fortunately, when Benazir Bhutto was prime minister, she banned public whipping of women - banned whipping of women, period, which is a marvelous thing she did.

To me, Stephen Miller is like Iago whispering in the president's ear, along with John Kelly. These people are totally anti-immigrant.

We don't always agree on stuff, but when it's time to blow the whistle and start the game, we're not still debating.