Leader Quotes

It is hard to look up to a leader who keeps his ear to the ground.

The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance.

San Francisco has long been a leader in the arts, nurturing generations of painters, sculptors, poets, novelists, playwrights, film-makers, and performing artists and innovators of every kind.

Being a rock star is like being a cult leader - you really have to be in your own religion.

Followers are the customers of the Higher Ground Leader, who strives to meet or exceed the outer and inner needs of followers.

As far as Iraq is concerned, let's not forget what the UNSCR is about, that the main consideration in Iraq is that there is a leader who has been developing weapons of mass destruction, and has been violating UN resolutions for over a decade.

Eddie is a natural leader. Jeff and I have been very much in control of previous bands we've worked in. But the way Eddie grew into being the leader of this band was the most gradual, slow and respectful process that I've ever been involved in.

North Carolina's approach in crafting its law ensured the creation of the best possible law and, consequently, North Carolina is now the acknowledged leader in addressing predatory lending.

Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.

I am not the kind of leader who pontificates about what should be done - I don't operate on scenarios, and I am not a prophet.

What holds an Arab leader in power is a mixture of violence and prestige. Both President Assad and King Hussein were felt to have defended Arab interests against the world. That, in the end, is more important than what they wear on their head.

Democrats' attack on the Republican majority leader is nothing but a coordinated agenda to stop an effective leader from accomplishing the people's business.

Now, I'm back to my old ways: Needing to be the leader, needing to score.

The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way.

The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.

Stories are the single most powerful tool in a leader's toolkit.

A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

But when you get into a situation where you can acquire a proven leader, a proven quality player, an unselfish player, a guy who taken a team to the Super Bowl, I think you do it.

First of all, I can't forget my first responsibility - which is to be the Leader of the Opposition and that's to provide an alternative government.

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.

The Leader will be a person with the management skills to coordinate the activities of the Team, and to assure that the Team remains faithful to the objectives of the incoming President.

A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.

Japan is already a leader in energy efficiency, and it has a wealth of innovative technologies. We must put this expertise to use creating a model for growth and sustainability that we can share with the world.

The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.

A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.

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.

Obama likes to quote great men but will never be a great man himself. I can't stand it when our leader goes around apologizing for who we are.

Cause I was such a novice and thank God that Sarah was as seasoned as she was because she was really a great leader in that regard in the sense that she would communicate really well with the crew.

On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union, and within a few weeks the full-scale reformation he attempted to carry out both inside his country and in its cold war relations with the West, particularly the United States, began to unfold.

I like Hilary Clinton. I think she's - she's a fantastic leader.