Knowing your opponent is a crucial part of emulating and defeating that opponent. But scouting is only the first step. Too many… — Don Yaeger Copy Share Image
I do not desire to give myself any fresh political label. Though the formation of the Union of Democratic Control it has… — Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede Copy Share Image
“Celebrity chefs are the leaders in the field of food, and we are the led. Why should the leaders of chemical businesses… — Charles Clover Copy Share Image
Whenever a Kurd wants to measure the depth of some foreign leader's commitment to Kurdish autonomy, he listens for one particular word.… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
There are plenty of team players in government who do whatever the leader says. There are too few difficult members, who have… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Real leadership is about building people up and empowering them. Many leaders feel that empowering someone else will reduce their own authority.… — Nouman Ali Khan Copy Share Image
I can't explain the lack of integrity among some of the leaders of our health care facilities. This is something I rarely… — Eric Shinseki Copy Share Image
Patriotism threatens free speech with death. It is infuriated by thoughtful hesitation, constructive criticism of our leaders and pleas for peace. It… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
I came up during the cold war, and during the cold war it was always possible with the then Soviet Union -… — Ashton Carter Copy Share Image
“The mindset of a mediocre leader is “My job is to micromanage and control my people to get results.” The mindset of… — Michael Simpson Copy Share Image
We see political leaders replacing moral imperatives with a Southern strategy. We have seen all too clearly that there are men-now in… — John Lindsay Copy Share Image
When you go into your customary barber shop, you will wait for the man who gives you a little better shave, a… — Charles M. Schwab Copy Share Image
The main importance of Francis Bacon's influence does not lie in any peculiar theory of inductive reasoning which he happened to express,… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
We should steadily intensify the work of establishing the Party's monolithic leadership system to make the whole Party share ideology with the… — Kim Jong-un Copy Share Image
But let's be clear. We're talking about a country where there's no opposition. As leader he can ignore Parliament and - sorry… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
Our profession is built on the bedrock of trust - the trust that must inherently exist among Soldiers, and between Soldiers and… — Raymond T. Odierno Copy Share Image
A true leader knows how to leads his people, knows their needs, wants, the one who humbles himself and the one who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People don't listen to marketplace logic; they listen for meaning and purpose. Attention can't be bought. Before any interaction, ask yourself: 'How… — Bill Jensen Copy Share Image
Remember that in the early days of the feminist movement, they refused to have a leader; different women would just stand up… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
The true leader isn't really looking for leadership. He's trying to set an example and be in the proper way to get… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
The power of these recommendations is that they come from leaders representing a broad spectrum of religious conviction. At the table were… — Charles Haynes Copy Share Image
Organizations endure, however, in proportion to the breadth of the morality by which they are governed. Thus the endurance of organization depends… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It's about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Followers are always watching what you do. And people do what people see! If you are a leader seeking to make your… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Control is not leadership; management is not leadership; leadership is leadership is leadership. If you seek to lead, invest at least 50%… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
As it happens, Chicago is the nation's leader in municipal privatization efforts. That's right: The city that conservatives portray as the citadel… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
As I see our world, I have never seen greater confusion, greater loss of meaning, greater uncertainty, and greater fear of what… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
I think it's just that the private lives of our public leaders are so much more exposed today that if you're sensitive… — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
My advice to African leaders is to make sure that if, in fact, China is putting in roads and bridges, number one,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In physics, one of the most exciting areas is in nanotech. With computers exhausting the power of silicon, Silicon Valley could become… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Leaders are problem solvers by talent and temperament, and by choice. For them, the new information environment-undermining old means of control, opening… — Harlan Cleveland Copy Share Image
Anger clearly has its proper place at work, which is neither wholly absent nor ever present. The manager who is an emotional… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
I pray to be a good servant to God, a father, a husband, a son, a friend, a brother, an uncle, a… — Mark Wahlberg Copy Share Image
It is a mindless philosophy that assumes that one's private beliefs have nothing to do with public office. Does it make sense… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
God's dream still remains unfulfilled. It was not fulfilled 2,000 years ago, or in the home of any religious leader or any… — Sun Myung Moon Copy Share Image
“As a leader, you have to have an almost infinite love for your organization or your cause to be able to find… — Rob Asghar Copy Share Image
There hadn't really been a climate movement, per se. I think everyone spent twenty years thinking that if we just keep pointing… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
In crisis times, it's actually not more difficult to motivate your staff, because everyone gets much more focused on how they control… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
It could be argued that all leadership is appreciative leadership. It’s the capacity to see the best in the world around us,… — David Cooperrider Copy Share Image
[On John Tunnard:] One day a marvelous man in a highly elaborate tweed coat walked into the gallery. He looked a little… — Peggy Guggenheim Copy Share Image