Quotes About Leadership

I don't want to be in a locker room with someone that we draft that's kind of a prima donna or, you know, thinks they're bigger than the team. Those are two things that I don't do well with.

Modi's masterstroke has always been to blur the battlelines and construct an artificial enemy one that plays into primal instincts of pride and insecurity.

I think trust is primarily built through relationships, and it's important because it's the foundational currency that a leader has with his team or his followers.

President Nixon has lost his effectiveness as the leader of this country, primarily because he has lost the confidence of the people.

If Barack Obama now, or some black person in the future, should become president, neither Jesse Jackson nor Al Sharpton would be out of a job. A black president can't end black misery; a black president can't be a civil rights leader or primarily a crusader for racial justice.

Throughout my Enterprise career, I have been primarily operationally focused.

I believe the director's primary role is to create an atmosphere where his company can be created.

I could have possibly beaten Senator McCain in the primary. Then I could have been the candidate who lost to Barack Obama.

A competitive primary does not divide us, it prepares us and we will win.

When I became secretary of state, I felt one of my primary jobs was building relationships around the world.

If you know the only way to lose your seat is to get out-conservatived in a primary, you'll never let anyone get to your right.

GOP leaders need to let go of their ego factions and come together with one primary goal in mind: keeping 'Billary' from getting back into the Oval Office.

In 2001, we were like most high-tech companies, with one or two primary products that were really important to us.

Although most executives pay lip service to the idea of hiring for cultural fit, few have the courage or discipline to make it the primary criteria for bringing someone into the company.

I lost my first mayor's race. I lost the primary. But we came back and won that. So I know you've got to play to win, but you can't be afraid to lose.

When you're a leader and a manager, you have to make decisions which are right for your group to achieve the primary objective. Sometimes those decisions will be criticised.

I plan to primary Joe Manchin in 2018, and I'm asking you to stand with me, and hopefully, hopefully we can build a better tomorrow.

I knew I always wanted to be my own boss. My mum would say I've been my own boss since primary school. It was probably always my destiny.

A prime minister's job is to make sure the government works for those who have elected him, and not for big corporations.

Modi is a disgrace to the prime minister's post.

The prime minister's office is not something that one enjoys.

We expect to be a prime in the fighter jet business for the long run. This is not a business we're getting out of at all.

The country's image has improved ten-fold during Vajpayee's prime ministership.

Politicians pose and grip and grin, and mouth blandishments, and, like the beloved Arab leaders, are careful to say nothing. The prime photo op directive, it seems, is to say absolutely nothing.