All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.
~By John Kenneth Galbraith ~
Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it.
~By Marian Anderson ~
The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.
~By James Buchanan ~
We're going to need to absorb some pain. The Republicans want to pile all the pain on people who can least afford it and the middle class and Democrats under his leadership want to make sure that we can address deficit reduction and continue to make investments and shared sacrifice is going to be imperative in order to be able to do that.
~By Debbie Wasserman Schultz ~
All Americans and freedom-loving people around the world owe President Reagan our deepest gratitude for his strong, principled leadership that ended the Cold War and brought freedom to millions of people.
~By Jim Ramstad ~
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.
~By Joe Miller ~
It is sad that the Republican leadership is not as interested as they say they are in protecting the institution of marriage as they are in waging a campaign to divide and distract the American people from the real issues that need to be addressed.
~By Kendrick Meek ~
I'm floored that the House leadership would turn its back on job creation for Mississippians.
~By Haley Barbour ~
I am convinced that your Mayor must take the leadership role in education too.
~By Alan Autry ~
We need leadership. We don't need a doubling down on the failed politics of the past.
~By Paul Ryan ~
Life isn't easy, and leadership is harder still.
~By Walter Russell Mead ~
Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.
~By George W. Bush ~
And the whole world, the whole world that believes in freedom, whether you're talking about personal freedom, economic freedom, religious freedom, they look to the United States for leadership; and you're part of that leadership.
~By Don Nickles ~
An old African leader says about leadership, he says that leadership should never be shared; it should always remain in the hands of the dispossessed people. We will lead the revolution.
~By H. Rap Brown ~
The message of the free world to any potential Palestinian leadership should be a simple one: Embrace democratic reform and we will embrace you.
~By Natan Sharansky ~
We need real leadership, Democrat, Republican and independent to stand up and say, we have to live within our means.
~By Tom Coburn ~
One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.
~By Arnold H. Glasow ~
Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to the business of reforming Nigeria, and the search for solutions.
~By Ibrahim Babangida ~
Leadership has become a heavy industry. Concern and interest about leadership development is no longer an American phenomenon. It is truly global. Though I will probably be in less demand, I wanted to move on.
~By Warren Bennis ~
The Dalai Lama. He is a very wise man of great inner peace who believes that happiness is the purpose of our lives. Through his teachings and leadership, he continues to make this world a better place in which to live.
~By Sidney Sheldon ~
I feel fantastically excited that we have a leader who fought for the leadership without compromising his quite challenging view that the party has to change.
~By Francis Maude ~
Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
~By Tom Landry ~
While Mayor Daley surprised me today with his decision to not run for reelection, I have never been surprised by his leadership, dedication and tireless work on behalf of the city and the people of Chicago.
~By Rahm Emanuel ~
And I'd say one of the great lessons I've learned over the past couple of decades, from a management perspective, is that really when you come down to it, it really is all about people and all about leadership.
~By Steve Case ~
We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That's not leadership. That's not going to happen.
~By Barack Obama ~
Year after year, President Bush has broken his campaign promises on college aid. And year after year, the Republican leadership in Congress has let him do it.
~By Sherrod Brown ~
The things journalists should pay attention to are the issues the political leadership agrees on, rather than to their supposed antagonisms.
~By Michael Pollan ~
Bipartisanship isn't an option anymore; it is a requirement. The American people have divided responsibility for leadership right down the middle.
~By Tom Daschle ~
But the person who scored well on an SAT will not necessarily be the best doctor or the best lawyer or the best businessman. These tests do not measure character, leadership, creativity, perseverance.
~By William J. Wilson ~
This is easy to say with the benefit of hindsight, but I think it once again points out how very important style of leadership, that is the way he does what he does, is to his perception.
~By Robert Teeter ~
We have treated our most serious adversaries, such as Iran and North Korea, in the most juvenile manner - by giving them the silent treatment. In so doing, we have weakened, not strengthened, our bargaining position and our leadership.
~By Theodore C. Sorensen ~
But the fact is that the vast majority of Republicans support the Sinn Fein leadership.
~By Martin McGuinness ~
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.
~By John Dingell ~
The fact is, when it comes to economic leadership, the Republicans have nothing to brag about. This isn't what the American people want. They want to see progress that works for them.
~By Debbie Wasserman Schultz ~
Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.
~By Dianne Feinstein ~
The business manager was doing fine back in his office while they were out on the line, hungry. And, so they started to see a lot of that and there was, that maybe the leadership had its own cause. More so than the miners, you know, it was like a power struggle.
~By Richard Grimes ~
We should be therefore supporting a larger Europe, and in so doing we should strive to expand the zone of peace and prosperity in the world which is the necessary foundation for a stable international system in which our leadership could be fruitfully exercised.
~By Zbigniew Brzezinski ~
Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance.
~By J. Donald Walters ~
I think our leadership team is a highly accountable leadership team.
~By Steve Ballmer ~
You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I'm attempting to do right now.
~By Angela Davis ~
The fact is five months ago this was an issue that people weren't really talking that much about. Because of the president's leadership, because he's brought it to people's attention, it's now a top issue.
~By Ken Mehlman ~
Leadership is about doing what you know is right - even when a growing din of voices around you is trying to convince you to accept what you know to be wrong.
~By Robert. L. Ehrlich ~
From a parent's right to know what their children are doing, to protecting citizens across the country from the growing threat of gang violence, the House Democrat leadership is simply out to lunch.
~By Virginia Foxx ~
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.
~By Rosa Luxemburg ~
The more I have studied Lincoln, the more I have followed his thought processes, the more I am convinced that he understood leadership better than any other American president.
~By David Herbert Donald ~
We should see the leadership from the White House setting dates certain for certain goals of achieving greater alliance on alternative and renewable energy sources, but we are not.
~By Ron Kind ~
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.
~By Maurice Strong ~
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
~By Harry S. Truman ~
It's not as if our party has a leadership campaign underway.
~By Peter MacKay ~
I have never been afraid to stand up to the leadership on issues where we disagree. If you chose to keep Cambridge Labour, then I can continue to press the Government for the things that matter to you, in a way that members of the opposition are unable to.
~By Anne Campbell ~
A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.
~By John Updike ~
If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny.
~By Mary Douglas ~
Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
~By Jesse Jackson ~
Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed.
~By Mwai Kibaki ~
The problem is, is that President Bush and the Republican leadership in the Congress have resisted attempts to increase dramatically our fuel economy standards over the last five years.
~By Ed Markey ~
Many citizens see all the leadership of these large institutions together in a conspiracy against them rather than in any adversary relationship with each other.
~By Robert Teeter ~
Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.
~By Woodrow Wilson ~
But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement.
~By Ibrahim Babangida ~
I want to see a player on the football field. I want to see what kind of teammate they are, what kind of leadership qualities they have. I want to see how aggressive they are, how much fun they have playing the game.
~By Roy Clark ~
Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country's never been the same since.
~By W. Averell Harriman ~
Jamal Crawford reminds me the most of myself, the way he goes to the basket. But they need leadership.
~By Earl Monroe ~
It is past time for Republican leadership to answer for record deficits and reckless spending, both in Iraq and in the U.S. It's time for a plan to bring our troops home.
~By Sherrod Brown ~
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?
~By Bill Pascrell ~
And this administration and this House leadership have said, quote-unquote, they will stop at nothing to pass this health care bill. And now they've gotten rid of me and it will pass. You connect the dots.
~By Eric Massa ~
Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.
~By Bill Bradley ~
Leaders of the future will have to be visionary and be able to bring people in - real communicators. These are things that women bring to leadership and executive positions, and it's going to be incredibly valuable and incredibly in demand.
~By Anita Borg ~
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.
~By Chris Patten ~
Being a CEO still means sitting across the table from big institutional investors and showing your leadership and having them believe in you.
~By Christie Hefner ~
One simple way to keep organizations from becoming cancerous might be to rotate all jobs on a regular, frequent and mandatory basis, including the leadership positions.
~By Robert Shea ~
Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint.
~By Lewis H. Lapham ~
Instead of starting a new nuclear arms race, now is the time to reclaim our Nation's position of leadership on nuclear nonproliferation efforts.
~By Dianne Feinstein ~
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.
~By Ed Gillespie ~
My observation is that women are merely waiting for their husbands to assume leadership.
~By James Dobson ~
My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service.
~By Sonny Perdue ~
Instead of begging OPEC to drop its oil prices, let's use American leadership and ingenuity to solve our own energy problems.
~By Pete Domenici ~
I think Mr. Clarke had a tendency to interfere too much with the activities of the CIA, and our leadership at the senior level let him interfere too much. So criticism from him I kind of wear as a badge of honor.
~By Michael Scheuer ~
I look forward to working with our leadership team to advance the causes of smaller government, lower taxes, eliminating terrorism, and providing affordable health care, among other issues.
~By Howard Coble ~
Leadership is particularly necessary to ensure ready acceptance of the unfamiliar and that which is contrary to tradition.
~By Cyril Falls ~
This - the leadership of the mayor is crucial, because it is to the mayor that people will look to provide the vision, the energy, and the sense of confidence in the rebuilding and the recovery.
~By Marc Morial ~
Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.
~By Larry Bird ~
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
~By Stephen Covey ~
It takes leadership to improve safety. And I started off the movement in my time, but the person who has done more over the past 20 to 30 years and who has led it is Professor Sid Watkins.
~By Jackie Stewart ~
I don't know what leadership is. You can't touch it. You can't feel it. It's not tangible. But I do know this: you recognize it when you see it.
~By Bob Ehrlich ~
It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.
~By Nelson Mandela ~
Republican leadership in Congress let the energy companies write the energy bill that sent prices soaring, and has turned a blind eye to the struggles of working families trying to make ends meet.
~By Sherrod Brown ~
Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.
~By Yousef Munayyer ~
World War II had been such a tremendous success story for this country that the political and military leadership began to assume that they would prevail simply because of who they were. We were like the British at the turn of the 19th century.
~By Neil Sheehan ~
I also know that there have been many times in our history when the proximity of an election has induced exactly the kind of leadership and consensus-building that produce progress in our democracy.
~By Joe Lieberman ~
It is the responsibility of leadership to provide opportunity, and the responsibility of individuals to contribute.
~By William Pollard ~
Actions, not words, are the ultimate results of leadership.
~By Bill Owens ~
The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. Are the followers reaching their potential? Are they learning? Serving? Do they achieve the required results? Do they change with grace? Manage conflict?
~By Max de Pree ~
The failure of women to have reached positions of leadership has been due in large part to social and professional discrimination.
~By Rosalyn S. Yalow ~
I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power.
~By Paul Wellstone ~
Leadership is influence.
~By John C. Maxwell ~
Overall, the challenge of leadership is both moral and one of developing the characteristics that make us respected by one another.
~By Louis Farrakhan ~
It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time.
~By Kamisese Mara ~
As long as the opposition believes the world will stand with Ukraine's democrat reformers, they will have the leverage and the courage to establish a legitimate republic under the leadership of Viktor Yushchenko.
~By Bob Schaffer ~
You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I've learned, each person on a team is an extension of your leadership; if they feel empowered by you they will magnify your power to lead.
~By Tom Ridge ~
True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.
~By Bill Owens ~
Shouldn't Democrats insist that Sen. Durbin step down as their whip, the number two man in their leadership?
~By Bill Kristol ~
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