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
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
My observation is that women are merely waiting for their husbands to assume leadership. – James Dobson
The Irish Republican Army has kept every commitment made by its leadership. – Gerry Adams
I believe that the capacity that any organisation needs is for leadership to appear anywhere it is needed, when it is needed. – Margaret J. Wheatley
I think it is quite dangerous for an organisation to think they can predict where they are going to need leadership. It needs to be something that people are willing to assume if it feels relevant, given the context of any situation. – Margaret J. Wheatley
I think a major act of leadership right now, call it a radical act, is to create the places and processes so people can actually learn together, using our experiences. – Margaret J. Wheatley
Most people associate command and control leadership with the military. – Margaret J. Wheatley
The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out a central line to resolve it. – Mao Zedong
Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day. – Jesse Jackson
Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it. – Omar N. Bradley
I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal. – Benjamin Carson
Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it – short-term pain for long-term gain. – George Will
I think President Obama could have handled politics and policies differently. But he has been decisive, strong, and consistent – important qualities in a president. Mitt Romney is indeed an Etch A Sketch, the antithesis of leadership. – Eliot Spitzer
I think directors should be confident in their leadership capabilities. I think directors should be confident in what they want to do. – Philip Seymour Hoffman
It simply cannot be disputed that for decades the Palestinian leadership was more interested in there not being a Jewish state than in there being a Palestinian state. – Alan Dershowitz
Leadership is an ever-evolving position. – Mike Krzyzewski
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. – Bill Owens
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
Leadership is about being a servant first. – Allen West
