Quotes About Leadership

Im a staple in my city, you can never ruin me.

If Im in ya starting five you will never need a sub and Im never looking down, so I always know whats up.

Labels want my name beside a X like Malcolm.

If I die Imma do it reppin, Ill never do it second.

No, haven't seen him, haven't talked to him. You know, those relationships are always ... they're not always warm and fuzzy and it wasn't warm and fuzzy with Bill, but I'm glad I got a chance to play for him, particularly when I was a young player. But the end of the deal down there in Dallas, wasn't ... it wasn't super friendly.

I obviously take a lot of pride in what I do on the football field, because that has the ability to influence a lot of people. That puts smiles on people's faces. That gives people a pep in their step on Monday morning when they go back to work.

Equality is a lie," Bane told her. "A myth to appease the masses. Simply look around and you will see the lie for what it is! There are those with power, those with the strength and will to lead. And there are those meant to follow—those incapable of anything but servitude and a meager, worthless existence. "Equality is a perversion of the natural order!

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision. —Peter Drucker

Power is to be used in the service of others and only secondarily, if at all, for the benefit of oneself.

A truly effective leader, however, must be able to see the shades of gray inherent in a situation in order to make wise decisions as to how to proceed. The essence of thinking gray is this: don't form an opinion about an important matter until you've heard all the relevant facts.

The captain was not the tip of a pyramid, as most people thought; in fact it was just the reverse: he was the spindle on which everything else balanced.

politics are the curse of the Navy!

if you were to lead successfully, whether a kingdom or a ship's company, the only standards worth bothering with were those you set yourself; those of others were—well, those of the mob; those who were led, who had neither the ability nor the courage to sit alone and make the decisions.

Man, if I made one million dollars I would come in at six in the morning, sweep the stands, wash the uniforms, clean out the office, manage the team and play the games.

Customers first, employees second, and shareholders third.

This is the strategy paradox. The main cause of strategic failure, Raynor argues, is not bad strategy, but great strategy that just happens to be wrong. Bad strategy is characterized by lack of vision, muddled leadership, and inept execution—not the stuff of success for sure, but more likely to lead to persistent mediocrity than colossal failure.

I've been a manager for a long time. This ain't my first. Sometimes it's not that easy to get along with your boss. Sometimes it's not that easy for your boss to get along with you. You gotta give love to get love, and show respect to get respect. I got this other side of me, too. But it's up to you to bring that out.

Managers are never 100 percent in control. You're at the mercy of the players. When you're a player, you're driving. I'm the navigator. I hardly ever think about driving anymore, unless there's two out in the bottom of the ninth.

When you walk behind and you're not a leader, the view never changes.

The pilgrims absolutely believed America had a God-given destiny, and our founding fathers did, as well. Throughout our history, America's presidents and leaders have reiterated this belief. John F. Kennedy referenced Matthew 5:14 and Winthrop's famous speech, as did Ronald Reagan and numerous other U.S. Presidents.4 Though modern day revision-ists try to rewrite and remove our history, the truth will always trump their lies.

God helps watchmen by pointing out what needs to be seen and heard to aid the growth and health of a church.

No one should ever sit in this office over 70 years old, and that I know.

Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to be ready to speak at the drop of a hat, and I learned something more, the trustees were expected to be ready to speak at the passing of the hat.

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.