Famous Quotes & Sayings

Thomas Huxley

If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?

Thomas E. Mann

All of this suggests that while citizens became more comfortable with President Bush after September 11 and thought him to have the requisite leadership skills, they continue to harbor doubts about his priorities, loyalties, interests, and policies.

Thomas S. Monson

The power to lead is the power to mislead, and the power to mislead is the power to destroy.

Thomas S. Monson

Some are young people who don't know who they are, what they can be or even want to be. They are afraid, but they don't know of what. They are angry, but they don't know at whom. They are rejected and they don't know why. All they want is to be somebody.

Thomas Sowell

Over the generations, black leaders have ranged from noble souls to shameless charlatans.

Thomas Sowell

The political mirage of something for nothing, from leaders who 'care,' has ruined many a nation.

Thomas Sowell

When a highly successful leader retires after a long career, it is very unlikely that his successor will be of comparable caliber. Anyone of similar ability and drive would have gone somewhere else, instead of waiting in the wings for years for a chance to show his own leadership.

Robert Mondavi

The greatest leaders don't rule. They inspire

Robert McKee

Leaders use story to author the future.

Robert Menzies

My headmaster chastised me with a diabolical instrument a leather strap tacked to a piece of wood but he taught me with such villainous success that I am now Prime Minister.

Ray Lewis

A leader puts himself last then he sticks out.

Ray Lewis

You gotta be hungry for it. You’ve got to put everything you got on it. EVERYTHING! Every second. You have to be the first one in line. That’s how leaders are born.

Thomas Jefferson

An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.

Rick Santelli

Challenging leaders is as American as it gets.

Tony Robbins

Effective leaders know that resources are never the problem; it's always a matter or resourcefulness.

Tony Robbins

Leaders anticipate. Losers react

Tony Robbins

Leaders focus on what they can control, what they have, and what they want.

Tony Robbins

Losers react,leaders anticipate.

Tony Blair

Lord Cranborne told the leader of the opposition to 'back me or sack me' - he succeeded in doing both.

Tony Blair

Bill Clinton has been a true leader of the western world. He has been a friend and a counsel to me and other leaders right around the world.

Simon Sinek

I try to find, celebrate and teach leaders how to build platforms that will inspire others.

Simon Sinek

Great leaders see money as fuel, not a destination.

Simon Sinek

Though there are lessons that can be learned about becoming a great leader, most exist inherently in the bellies of those who lead.

Simon Mainwaring

Many corporate leaders and employees have the right intentions, but it can be overwhelming when you consider how everything is affected from leadership styles, to organizational structure, to employee engagement, to customer service an marketplace.

Richard Branson

Create the kind of workplace and company culture that will attract great talent. If you hire brilliant people, they will make work feel more like play.

Tony Dungy

Once we had become locked in on a schedule, he (Coach Denny Green) often created a disruption (artificial adversity) to that schedule just to see how guys would respond.

Vernon Davis

Be a leader, not a follower. Never let anyone tell you what you can and cannot be.

Stephen Covey

You can't be successful with other people if you haven't paid the price of success with yourself.

Stephen Covey

A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence.

Stephen Covey

What you do has far greater impact than what you say.

Vanna Bonta

Leadership is not about being important, it's about serving something important.

Tom Peters

Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.

Tom Lantos

The Chinese leadership hoped that the world would soon forget the Tiananmen Square massacre. Our job in Congress is to ensure that we never forget those who lost their lives in Tiananmen Square that day or the pro-democracy cause for which they fought.