Leadership Quote by Donald Rumsfeld Download Open image “Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.” — Donald Rumsfeld ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Leadership Sharp edges
Great leaders don't blame the tools they are given. Great leaders work to sharpen them. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
“They seek the edges, because it is the edges that ultimately lead us. A wise person does not fear the edges and fringes, but… — Laurie Beth Jones Copy Share Image
People think edges are bad, but they are really there to keep up from falling to pieces. They don't hold us back, they hold… — Lisa Mangum Copy Share Image
You talk about seeing around corners as an element of success. That's what differentiates the good leader. Not many people have it. Not many… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
You always need to be sharp and make sure you don't make mistakes. — Michael van Gerwen Copy Share Image
Guard your integrity as if it's your most precious leadership possession, because that is what it is. — David Cottrell Copy Share Image
Leaders should be careful of jumping to conclusions or taking sides. It rarely ends well... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The whole idea is to get an edge. Sometimes it takes just a little extra something to get that edge, but you have to… — Don Shula Copy Share Image
A leader should have higher grit and tenacity, and be able to endure what the employees can't. — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
I think the most important quality of a leader is being themselves. Being genuine and not trying to be someone that you're not. — Justin Herbert Copy Share Image
Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Five days or five months, but it certainly isn't going to last longer. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
I don't believe anyone that I know in the administration ever said that Iraq had nuclear weapons. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
I don't think we'll discover anything, myself. I think what will happen is we'll discover people who will tell us where to go find… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
Members of the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate are not there by accident. Each managed to get there for some reason. Learn what… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don't tell him the truth. Others won't… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
From where you sit, the White House may look as untidy as the inside of a stomach. As is said of the legislative process,… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
You will launch many projects, but have time to finish only a few. So think, plan, develop, launch and tap good people to be… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“Under the treaty of Sevres in 1920 Greece had been given Smyrna, and by 1922 the Greek army was trying to push its way… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
If the media is sending girls the message that their value lies in their bodies, this can only leave them feeling disempowered and distract… — Jennifer Siebel Newsom Copy Share Image
Leaders need to compromise, negotiate with members of both parties and ideologies, and reform health care the right way - by developing a strong… — Charles Boustany Copy Share Image
If you have a different mindset, you will have a different outcome: if you make different choices from your peers, your life will then… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
“If attempting to make the world a civilized one, makes you a bad woman in the eyes of the dumb patriarchal society, then, by… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I don't look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball. — Mike Krzyzewski Copy Share Image
No judge can stop us from praying for our country and I pray that on May 6, millions of Americans will join me in… — Franklin Graham Copy Share Image
