The nation, as you know, is at a critical point. At a time like this we can't risk partisan bickering and political… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
The man of leadership caliber will work while others waste time, study while others sleep, pray while others play. There will be… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Being captive to quarterly earnings isn't consistent with long-term value creation. This pressure and the short term focus of equity markets make… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
“Leadership is detachment: detachment from material goods, detachment from feelings as well as personal detachment. To lead is to get rid of… — K. Von Novack Copy Share Image
I don't think America should be the policeman of the world, but we have to be engaged and we have to be… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
I think people are looking for a president who has views and who sticks to those views. So, I think Governor Romney,… — Lamar Alexander Copy Share Image
“The good-to-great companies insisted on confronting the reality of their situations, no matter how unpleasant, and adjusting their strategies to address them.… — Eighty Twenty Publishing Copy Share Image
If you can get a teen leader in each sector of a student population, you can pull people in. Everybody wants to… — Andrew Shue Copy Share Image
At Wal-Mart, a co-worker once advised me that, although I had a lot to learn, it was also important not to "know… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Masochists are people that have pleasure confused with pain. In a world that has television confused with entertainment, doritoes confused with food,… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Why do you think great leaders and great orations are coincident with wars, revolutions, and the founding or ending of governments and… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
It is only the Somalis themselves - and I don't hide that fact when I meet the political leaders here - they… — Jan Egeland Copy Share Image
“When faced with a challenging or difficult situation, the best leaders most often respond with courage; less mature leaders, or nonleaders often… — Mark Miller Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King was a misguided leader. He worked to be recognized as the leader of black America, when what black America… — Don Yaeger Copy Share Image
When the perfect order prevails, the world is like a home shared by all. Leaders are capable and virtuous. Everyone loves and… — Confucius Copy Share Image
There is an irresistible demand to strengthen the leadership of the constructive forces of the world at the present momentous time. This… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I look at President Obama, I see a leader with a cool head, a caring heart and an open mind, a… — Charlie Crist Copy Share Image
It's fair to say that there's something retrograde about putting the leader of Star Wars rebellion in the position of "slave in… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
“When it comes to identifying a real leader, that task can be much easier. Don't listen to the claims of the person… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Recently in Washington, unfortunately, we have seen examples of the wrong kind of leadership -- when politicians choose scorched earth over common… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The thing I'm most honored about is every single person that went after me, including Jeb Bush, who's down - boom. Every… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“In effect, evolution has fixed the capacity for followership – and the recognition of leadership potential – into our grey matter. It… — Van Vugt, Mark Copy Share Image
The United States has already passed on as the world's economic leader. Having flouted Thomas Jefferson for too long, America has succumbed… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
But the plain fact of the matter is that, for any person to successfully lead others, he or she must deal with… — Donald T. Phillips Copy Share Image
The past doesn't equal the future. All great leaders, all people who have achieved in any area of life, know the power… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
“All new hires had to directly improve the outcome of the company. He wanted doers—engineers, developers, perhaps merchandise buyers, but not managers.… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
Every organization sees itself as a full-to-the-brim cup when a leader arrives. Like sugar in a cup of milk, leaders must learn… — Prakah Iyer Copy Share Image
Earlier in this century, philanthropy often flowed from the wills of dead industrialists. In recent decades, it's as likely to have come… — Michael Milken Copy Share Image
Great organizations demand a high level of commitment by the people involved. Eliminate politics, by giving everybody the same message. Keep a… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
When things go wrong, the standard management strategy is to decide who takes the blame. This should be an underling, as far… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
Every time I criticize what I consider to be excesses or faults in the news business, I am accused of repression; and… — Spiro T. Agnew Copy Share Image
How could I get up there and say, 'People, we've got to do better,' when I was the poster child for everything… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
Optimism is the ultimate definition of a leader. A leader has to look optimistically at what is ahead while not ignoring the… — Linda McMahon Copy Share Image
“Bad leaders do not typically wake up one morning and say, “Golly gee, I’ve been bad. I need to change my ways.”… — Barbara Kellerman Copy Share Image
Acknowledge the complexity of the world and resist the impression that you easily understand it. People are too quick to accept conventional… — Jim Rogers Copy Share Image
many people must be ruled to thrive. In their selfishness and greed, they see free people as their oppressors. They wish to… — Terry Goodkind Copy Share Image
I think what a lot of people don't realize is how much being the leader of this movement weighed upon him. After… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
The Occupy movement flared and then seemed to fizzle out - until it re-emerged in the form of Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Our leaders were assassinated, one of the things I was reading today was - 28 Panthers were killed by the police but… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
Presenting leadership as a list of carefully defined qualities (like strategic, analytical, and performance-ori ented) no longer holds. Instead, true leadership stems… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image