Leader Quotes

The adoring crowds and overwhelming Democratic support in the 2008 election was based largely on joy at jettisoning Bush and the appeal of electing a superbly qualified charismatic African American leader.

Billy Graham is one of my great lifetime heroes. I think he epitomizes the essence of what a Christian leader should be. I have participated in some of his crusades a couple of times in Atlanta. I've seen the profound impact he's had on me personally, and on other people who were not Christians and accepted Christ as Savior.

I'm not sure how a world leader reacts to the work of a clown.

In America, public opinion is the leader.

Bush may be a strong leader in the war on terrorism, but on budget deficits he is missing-in-action.

Had the United States not acted in Iraq, Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi would likely not have declared his weapons programs, submitted to international inspections and voluntarily dismantled its programs.

A skilled Transition Team leader will set the general goals for a Transition, and then confer on the other team leaders working with him the power to implement those goals.

Our mail product, Hotmail, is the market leader globally.

Behind a leader there must be followers, but they should always be on the lookout for the main chance and ready to change sides if the current leader doesn't deliver.

But I do think the survey group - and I think Charlie Duelfer is a great leader. I have the utmost confidence in Charles. I think you will get as full an answer as you can possibly get.

I am not the Conservative Party's health care spokesman. I'm fond of Andrew Lansley, and I strongly support David Cameron as party leader.

It is very hard to be a female leader. While it is assumed that any man, no matter how tough, has a soft side... and female leader is assumed to be one-dimensional.

The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.

When I became leader, I made very clear I was not going to choose the easy life. I have always taken risks. I don't like comfort-zone politics.

The most important thing as a leader is your relationship with God.

Robespierre, however, was not the type of leader finally destined to emerge from the Revolution.

Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need.

A leader's most important decisions are about people. Who do you put in which jobs? How long do you leave them in a job?

Leadership is an active role; 'lead' is a verb. But the leader who tries to do it all is headed for burnout, and in a powerful hurry.

I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa and the imam of Muslims, and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower level.

You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader.

Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.

We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly.

It is time for a leader who will lead.

Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

It was, however, in the interest of Osama bin Laden for us to destroy a secular Arab leader; it was very much in the interest of the Iranians because they wanted revenge against Saddam Hussein for Iraq's invasion in 1980.

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.

Penn State has also continued to be a leader in Pennsylvania's largest industry: Agriculture.

I'm really thankful and complimented when people come to me and say, thank you for the great times for all these years. But I don't think about it as being a leader.

Much responsibility rests upon the shoulders of the song leader; it is not infrequently within his power to make or break a meeting.