Quotes About Leadership

Carving out our own role, distinct from America's, might not be easy. But we must ask ourselves: what alternative is there? Unthinking, uncritical loyalty to the U.S. under Donald Trump is a far less appealing idea.

I draw a very clear distinction between populism and democracy.

Personally, I liked Admiral Kelso very much. I believe that he served his country with distinction.

Management brings the best and worst out of me, and I think you have to find a distinction between what is work and what isn't work, because football can take over your life.

I'd like to believe that achieving a leadership position is all about competency, capability and ambition, so I try not to distinguish between the sexes when it comes to giving career advice.

I am so proud to have the endorsement of a distinguished leader like Glenn Poshard.

Ambition characterizes and distinguishes national officeholders from other kinds of human beings.

I try to distract with other things, but in my mind, it is always the game, especially the team, the shape, my players, what can I do, what is tomorrow, what can I give to them to improve them.

When it comes to fighting for progress in Boston, there's a long history of people in power trying to label advocacy and hard work as being political in order to avoid accountability and distract from community demands for better leadership.

The American public should simply accept no distractions. In our democracy, it is our duty to hold our elected leaders accountable. We do it at the ballot box.

What I'm good at is making sure we have the best resources, the best talent, the best marketing, and the best access to distribution.

It's nice to be a woman, and it's nice to be an Asian. But what's more important is what I can bring back to my district.

Every decision I make in Congress will be centered on the needs of the district.

I would never tell the president of the United States not to come to my district.

When I was elected for the first time in '06 I'd never been elected to any body. City councils, school board, community college boards, trustee, water district trustee, class president, ASB president, senior class president - nothing. I was never elected to anything in my life.

I want to ensure that the people of the 5th District continue to benefit from the sensible economic policies under the leadership of President Donald Trump. Because of our President, more African Americans are employed now than ever before in the history of our country.

My job is to represent my district. That's who I'm responsible to and for.

When I came to Washington, I believed that I had one duty, one purpose. I was elected to serve my district, my people and no one else. Since arriving in Congress, I've learned that not everyone shares this philosophy.

We were elected to serve our districts, and that demands putting bygones aside. That's what leadership's all about.

Sometimes I think it's better to be a diva.

When you've got so many guys that can score the ball, you really don't want to get down and defend. You really don't want to get down and dive for balls. You really don't want to fight through screens every play.

Sports and management are not as diverse as people think.

We believe that if you want to have diverse leaders 10 years down the road, we've got to make sure they're getting the right assignments, the right client experiences today.

My executive board, my management, my friends, are so ethnically diverse.