Black leadership has to recognize that principles more than speech, character more than a claim, is greater in advancing the cause of our liberation than what has transpired thus far.
I talked about the need for American leadership, I talked about the importance of the United States to a more peaceful world, a world that has been quite turbulent in recent years, and needs a strong American anchor.
Our democracy poses problems and these problems must and shall be solved by courageous leadership.
It’s a tremendous responsibility to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad. This family has had the burden of leadership on its shoulders for 1,400 years. I’m not going to drop the ball on my shift.
In the conversation about women in leadership, male voices are noticeably absent.
Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you’re ready to play as tough as you’re able to, you’d better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you’re not giving it all you’ve got.
I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins.
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.
This is one of the major problems we have. By the way, it was endorsed by leadership on both sides of the aisle and both ends of the Capitol, by the NRA and also by the gun control groups.
Woodrow Wilson called for leaders who, by boldly interpreting the nation’s conscience, could lift a people out of their everyday selves. That people can be lifted into their better selves is the secret of transforming leadership.
Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.
I’m floored that the House leadership would turn its back on job creation for Mississippians.
The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.
The art of leadership… consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will split up that attention.
I believe that it is irresponsible, it is basically part of the crisis of leadership in D.C. to not look at Social Security and understand that there has got to be a solution posed. We’ve got to take a look at it and make sure that we create a solution so our seniors aren’t left out in the cold.
The sharp employ the sharp.
Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts.
I’ve developed a huge regard for Toyota for its environmental awareness, for its immense commitment to research and development in this field, and for its leadership in developing hybrids which others are now following.
My height doesn’t define my skill set. To be a great quarterback, you have to have great leadership, great attention to detail and a relentless competitive nature – and I try to bring that on a daily basis.
Projecting weakness will not make us safer or discourage attacks against us. We need to show leadership and strength by demonstrating that we will not tolerate violent acts against our people, and we will not leave our citizens or our interests vulnerable to an attack.
Such highly qualitative leadership is demanded especially in the realm of the fostering of right international relations. Here the demand is simply irresistible.
Leadership is an individual sport, one that has to be fine-tuned to each of the people that reports to you. Leaders also need to provide the direction, energy, encouragement and inspiration for each person who reports directly to the leader as well as for the overall organization.
We need to restore U.S. leadership to a world order that is rules-based in order to protect our American dream here at home.
Pay attention to those employees who respectfully ask why. They are demonstrating an interest in their jobs and exhibiting a curiosity that could eventually translate into leadership ability.
France, after the month of May, will share trust with the current leadership of the United States which, on many subjects, has tended to take useful positions in our view.
Leadership is simply the ability of an individual to coalesce the efforts of other individuals toward achieving common goals. It boils down to looking after your people and ensuring that, from top to bottom, everyone feels part of the team.
I work tirelessly advocating for gun violence prevention and promoting common-sense gun laws that could spare other parents the pain of having their child taken by senseless gun violence – laws the NRA’s leadership has fought against relentlessly.
Even after such milestones as Kathryn Bigelow winning an Oscar, there still seem to be few women in leadership roles.
The war and terrorism in the Middle East, the crisis of leadership in many of the oil-supply countries in the developing world, the crisis of global warming – all these are very clearly tied to energy.
But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership.
One must be convinced to convince, to have enthusiasm to stimulate the others.
We have to go to war against the people who enable the gun violence, the people who stop us from keeping guns out of the hands of mentally unstable people, of felons, and that means the NRA leadership.
I’ve always maintained – a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
So long as the global economy continues to recover, that remains Obama’s No. 1 claim to successful leadership. Nothing else even comes close.
A significant number of pages and sentences that the administration wants to keep in a classified status have already been released publicly, some of it by public statements of the leadership of the CIA and the FBI.
I have always believed women have so many natural leadership qualities. They just need opportunities and access.
House Republican leadership have refused to allow a clean minimum wage vote. Close to 15 million Americans will be affected if we did this. Do Republicans really expect a family to live on less than $11,000 a year?
But I think Steve’s main contribution besides just the pure leadership is his passion for excellence. He’s a perfectionist. Good enough isn’t good enough. And also his creative spirit. You know he really, really wants to do something great.
Hope and change? We’re not doing that anymore. They’re doing attack and blame. And so, I just think people are going to see through this. They want real leadership. They want us to get this country on the right track.
You don’t lead by hitting people over the head – that’s assault, not leadership.
I admire Modi’s leadership and his ideology.
Most people associate command and control leadership with the military.
If America wants to retain its position as a global power, its president must listen to the people and show strong leadership at this turning point in human history.
The school made it very clear that women were entitled to positions of authority. That sense of entitlement allowed us to feel that we have a natural place in leadership in the world. That gave me a mental and emotional confidence.
Leadership is a choice, not a position.
There is no finish line to leadership.
You were born to lead as mothers and fathers, because nowhere is righteous leadership more crucial than in the family.
Leadership is about being a servant first.
Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.
A C.E.O.’s job is leadership, problem solving, and team building. I’ve done that my whole career.
There is something discordant about a team of speechwriters and political operatives hammering away to create an image of the ‘real, inner’ candidate. And, to be blunt, there is no necessary connection between a moving life experience and the skills necessary for leadership.
The House Republican leadership has simply run out of ideas.
If Ralph Nader runs, President Bush is going to be re-elected, and if Ralph Nader doesn’t run, President Bush is going to be re-elected. We’re going to run on the president’s strong and principled leadership and his positive agenda for a second term.
Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.
Presidential leadership needn’t always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.
I have run a general election campaign pregnant and ran Ed Miliband’s leadership campaign commuting to London with a new baby so I already have my system set up.
Where there is no vision, there is no hope.
Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.
You should govern not by partisanship, but by leadership.
In the military, I learned that ‘leadership’ means raising your hand and volunteering for the tough, important assignments.
Every team has leadership. The leadership is the best players. But there’s positive leadership, and there’s negative leadership.
