1. One of the best teaching experiences Ed Schein and I had when we were teaching at MIT in the 1960s was inventing a course on leadership through film. - Warren Bennis
2. Of course I have said, till I am blue in the face - people don't lack goals, passion, grit, or drive - they lack leadership! - Dan Pena
3. One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. - Arnold H. Glasow
4. Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it. - Marian Anderson
5. I think there is probably no better person to aspire to emulate than Steve Jobs and what he has done at Apple in terms of his leadership, his innovation, not settling for mediocrity. - Howard Schultz
6. I think the currency of leadership is transparency. You've got to be truthful. I don't think you should be vulnerable every day, but there are moments where you've got to share your soul and conscience with people and show them who you are, and not be afraid of it. - Howard Schultz
7. But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me. - Madeleine Albright
8. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me. - Madeleine Albright
9. Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve. - Tom Landry
10. Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control. - Tom Landry
11. My mother was in the Army Reserve for six years. She taught me the importance of following rules, finishing what I start, never giving up, leadership skills, teamwork, staying positive, motivated and how to pack the military way when I'm traveling! - Laurie Hernandez
12. I'll practice as good as I can, but I know that I play even better, with the qualities I have - leadership, my ability to make something happen in games, winning. - Tim Tebow
13. Mandela's heroism is the heroism of a man who suffered so badly for what he thought of as freedom. And yet when he had the upper hand he has this incredible self-control and these incredible leadership qualities. - Bono
14. The one thing I have learned as a CEO is that leadership at various levels is vastly different. When I was leading a function or a business, there were certain demands and requirements to be a leader. As you move up the organization, the requirements for leading that organization don't grow vertically; they grow exponentially. - Indra Nooyi
15. Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader. - Indra Nooyi
16. If we are to negotiate the coming years safely, we may need a new kind of leadership. To put it more precisely, we need the rediscovery of an ancient kind of leadership that has rarely been given the prominence it deserves. I mean the leader as teacher. - Jonathan Sacks
17. I think to be a great quarterback, you have to have a great leadership, great attention to detail, and a relentless competitive nature. And that's what I try to bring to the table, and I have a long way to go. I'm still learning, and I'm still on a constant quest for knowledge. - Russell Wilson
18. 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. - Russell Wilson
19. We need to make sure we're creating spaces to create new leaders and new types of leadership. - Alicia Garza
20. I think that there is an element where leadership is lonely, but I also believe that it doesn't have to be like that. - Alicia Garza
21. It's kind of like those little electric bumper cars where you drive around and see if you can hit the other guy. That's exactly what the country is like now. You no longer have the sense of community. Of loyalty. It's lost its sense of group. It has nothing to do with leadership. - Paul Newman
22. I want to use my position of leadership to help move along at a faster pace what I believe and know the Obama administration wants to do around the urgency of climate change. - Kamala Harris
23. Doing nothing while the middle class is hurting. That's not leadership. Loose regulations and lax enforcement. That's not leadership. That's abandoning our middle class. - Kamala Harris
24. The things journalists should pay attention to are the issues the political leadership agrees on, rather than to their supposed antagonisms. - Michael Pollan
25. When the world faces its biggest challenges, it looks to Britain to show the strong leadership needed to overcome them. - Priti Patel
26. In times of crisis, the world looks to Britain not just for our work on the ground, but also for our leadership. - Priti Patel
27. As a nation, we face a choice. With parts of the world on fire, can we ignore the despair beyond our borders? Or do we use our global influence and leadership to confront these challenges head-on? - Priti Patel
28. In a world of serious threats to the U.K. and to global stability, where we see violence and conflict pulling people back into poverty, international terrorism, migration crises, children dying from preventable diseases and global environmental concerns on the rise, Britain's leadership on the world stage is more important than ever. - Priti Patel
29. Britain's place in the world is one uniquely suited to thriving in the complex new reality of global politics. We are a key anchor of a rules-based system in international affairs that many across the globe look to for stable and effective governance and leadership. We are a beacon that shines brightly the light of freedom and democracy. - Priti Patel
30. My senior leadership team is half people who have been at GM for a long period of time like me, and others who have joined the company within the last five years from different industries, experiences, and countries. You have a better picture of the world. The diversity of thought is where you can make better business decisions. - Mary Barra
31. Leadership is an ever-evolving position. - Mike Krzyzewski
32. To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way. - Pat Riley
33. I could always score goals. I loved that feeling of having your team look to you, that feeling of leadership. - Alex Morgan
34. Leadership is not a popularity contest; it's about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title. - Robin S. Sharma
35. I have spent years as a leadership coach to the very wealthy and have been able to get behind the eyes of some of the world's best, studying the minute details of what makes a person great. - Robin S. Sharma
36. Leadership is a mindset that shifts from being a victim to creating results. Any one of us can demonstrate leadership in our work and within our lives. - Robin S. Sharma
37. My best investment, as cliched as this sounds, is the money I've spent developing myself, via books, workshops and coaching. Leadership begins within, and to have a better career, start by building a better you. - Robin S. Sharma
38. I bought my own home in 2004. It's a sanctuary for my family and a place of peace and calm. It's key for anyone committed to leadership and success to avoid the noise and focus on their best opportunities. - Robin S. Sharma
39. There is a new model of leadership in the world that rides on the premise that every single person in the organization can be a leader. Titles are important for structure and order, but real power does not come from titles. - Robin S. Sharma
40. A leadership culture is one where everyone thinks like an owner, a CEO or a managing director. It's one where everyone is entrepreneurial and proactive. - Robin S. Sharma
41. Showing leadership doesn't mean every employee will run the organization; that would lead to chaos. Businesses do need someone to set the vision and then lead the team to it. - Robin S. Sharma
42. Anyone can show exceptional leadership ability in easy times. When all's going to plan, anyone can be inspirational/excellent/innovative and strong. The real question is how do you show up when everything's falling apart? - Robin S. Sharma
43. Leadership and greatness comes to those who follow-through. Who stand for near-flawless execution. - Robin S. Sharma
44. In the conversation about women in leadership, male voices are noticeably absent. - Adam Grant
45. For women to achieve equal representation in leadership roles, it's important that they have the backing of men as well as women. - Adam Grant
46. If we want girls to receive positive reinforcement for early acts of leadership, let's discourage bossy behavior along with banning bossy labels. That means teaching girls to engage in behaviors that earn admiration before they assert their authority. - Adam Grant
47. Where there is an absence of international political leadership, civil society should step in to fill the gap, providing the energy and vision needed to move the world in a new and better direction. - Daisaku Ikeda
48. Leadership that exploits and sacrifices young people on the altar of its goals is nothing more than raw, demonic power. Genuine leadership is found in ceaseless efforts to foster young people, to pave the way forward for them. - Daisaku Ikeda
49. The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. - Ken Blanchard
50. Leadership is not about you; it's about investing in the growth of others. - Ken Blanchard
51. One of the topics I'm most passionate about is servant leadership - the greatest leaders recognize that they're here to serve, not to be served. - Ken Blanchard
52. I am very bullish on India because of its people, its culture, and the leadership. I love the culture and warmth of people. - Tim Cook
53. 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. - David Suzuki
54. My leadership will end the Obama era and begin a new era of American prosperity. - Mitt Romney
55. Central to America's rise to global leadership is our Judeo-Christian tradition with the vision of the goodness and possibilities of every human life. - Mitt Romney
56. I believe that people of faith by and large have a great interest in the institution of family and that a family is a great place to learn leadership skills. I'm sure I benefited by having a mom and mad, both of whom were actively involved in the community and in various enterprises. - Mitt Romney
57. There was no imminent threat. This was made up in Texas, announced in January to the Republican leadership that war was going to take place and was going to be good politically. This whole thing was a fraud. - Edward Kennedy
58. Turnaround or growth, it's getting your people focused on the goal that is still the job of leadership. - Anne M. Mulcahy
59. Not everybody is created equal, and it's important for companies to identify those high potentials and treat them differently, accelerate their development and pay them more. That process is so incredibly important to developing first-class leadership in a company. - Anne M. Mulcahy
60. Xerox's innovative technology and service offerings - delivered through an expanding distribution system with a lean and flexible business model - continue to solidify our market leadership, driving consistently strong earnings performance. - Anne M. Mulcahy
61. Putin's Russia is our adversary and moral opposite. It is committed to the destruction of the post-war, rule based world order built on American leadership and the primacy of our political and economic values. - John McCain
62. The best thing you can do is learn from those mistakes so that you continue to get better. That's the management style or leadership style I believe in, which is push people to their limit such that they can become better than they thought they could be. That certainly has helped me. - Lisa Su
63. AMD's history is we've always had great technology. We've had periods of time where we've done really, really well, and we've had periods of time where we've done not so well. But most of the time we've done well, it's because we've had a leadership product or some technology where we were out in front before anybody else. - Lisa Su
64. When I step back and look at what's important to AMD, it's about graphics leadership - visual computing leadership - as well as a strong computing experience. We have the capability to integrate those two together. - Lisa Su
65. Outside of my family, I was always inspired by true heroic stories of leadership and survival. For example, the story of the Shackleton expedition, when their ship became lodged in the Antarctic ice pack while exploring. - Christina Koch
66. I've learned that positive thinking and encouragement are essential for leadership and progress. - Richard M. DeVos
67. The world is starving for original and decisive leadership. - Bryant H. McGill
68. The more that social democracy develops, grows, and becomes stronger, the more the enlightened masses of workers will take their own destinies, the leadership of their movement, and the determination of its direction into their own hands. - Rosa Luxemburg
69. People finally understood that the role of the social-democratic party rests on its conscious leadership of the mass struggle against the existing society, a struggle that must reckon with the vital, necessary conditions of capitalist society. - Rosa Luxemburg
70. The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet. - Theodore Hesburgh
71. Hillary Clinton was a hugely important mentor for me. I don't talk to her every day, but sometimes mentorship means being able to watch somebody's leadership from afar. - Reshma Saujani
72. I want American Dream growth - lots of new businesses, well-paying jobs, and American leadership in new industries, like clean energy and biotechnology. - William J. Clinton
73. Leadership is hard to train on. - Ben Horowitz
74. A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership. - Chinua Achebe
75. My observation is that women are merely waiting for their husbands to assume leadership. - James Dobson
76. Going back to the moon is not visionary in restoring space leadership for America. Like its Apollo predecessor, it will prove to be a dead end littered with broken spacecraft, broken dreams and broken policies. - Buzz Aldrin
77. Globalization means many other countries are asserting themselves and trying to take over leadership. Please don't ask Americans to let others assume the leadership of human exploration. We can do wonderful science on the Moon, and wonderful commercial things. Then we can pack up and move on to Mars. - Buzz Aldrin
78. Absolutely the United States should lead in space, for the survival of the United States. It's inspiring for the next generation. If we lose leadership, then we'll be using Chinese capability to inspire Americans. - Buzz Aldrin
79. The way I see it, what is going to come out of the moon activities is a respect for U.S. leadership. - Buzz Aldrin
80. Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it. - Omar N. Bradley
81. The church wasn't an organization in the first century. They weren't writing checks or buying property. The church has matured and developed over the years. But for some reason, the last thing to change is the structure of leadership. - Andy Stanley
82. Uncertainty is a permanent part of the leadership landscape. It never goes away. - Andy Stanley
83. Uncertainty is not an indication of poor leadership; it underscores the need for leadership. - Andy Stanley
84. Leadership is all about taking people on a journey. The challenge is that most of the time, we are asking people to follow us to places we ourselves have never been. - Andy Stanley
85. The more I'm pushed in a position of leadership and I know I have to be the mouthpiece for so many other people who can't speak for themselves, the more confidence I'm gaining. - Viola Davis
86. Lincoln's leadership is based on a number of precepts, but my favorite one is that he acted in the name, and for the good, of the people. - Steven Spielberg
87. We never used to blink at taking a leadership role in the world. And we understood leadership often required something other than drones and bombs. We accepted global leadership not just for humanitarian reasons, but also because it was in our own best interest. We knew we couldn't isolate ourselves from trouble. There was no place to hide. - Robert Reich
88. Power should be reserved for weightlifting and boats, and leadership really involves responsibility. - Herb Kelleher
89. Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it - short-term pain for long-term gain. - George Will
90. The next thing is: we can make IBM even better. We brought IBM back but we're gunning for leadership. - Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
91. I think that my leadership style is to get people to fear staying in place, to fear not changing. - Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
92. By the 1890s, the leading Wall Street bankers were becoming increasingly disgruntled with their own creation, the National Banking System... while the banking system was partially centralized under their leadership, it was not centralized enough. - Murray Rothbard
93. We live in a society obsessed with public opinion. But leadership has never been about popularity. - Marco Rubio
94. We must recognize that as the dominant power in the world we have a special responsibility. In addition to protecting our national interests, we must take the leadership in protecting the common interests of humanity. - George Soros
95. One of the main ways that leadership stays in power is by, in various ways, convincing people that they should just let those who are in government govern: 'Trust us. Trust me. Just let us take care of things. Stay out of it.' Your opinions don't really matter. You are isolated. You are insignificant. - Viggo Mortensen
96. Some people feel, you make your case, if they listen to you, fine, if they don't, that's it. That's not what leadership is. Leadership is trying to continue to make a case. - Anthony Fauci
97. The American president has a peculiar leadership responsibility to speak out for freedom. - Ted Cruz
98. Leadership is something I was born with. - Carmelo Anthony
99. One thing that somebody told me is that leadership is a lonely role - some people can do it, and some people can't. - Kyrie Irving
100. We're trained to see the world in terms of charismatic organizations and charismatic people. That's who we look to for leadership and change, for transformation. We're awaiting the next J.F.K., the next Martin Luther King, the next Gandhi, the next Nelson Mandela. - Paul Hawken
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