“The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.”

“I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself.”

“Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.”

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

“Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts.”

“In terms of having views and being prepared to express them, yes, I think New Zealand's had a leadership role in a lot of things.”

“Leadership can't be fabricated. If it is fabricated and rehearsed, you can't fool the guys in the locker room. So when you talk about leadership, it comes with performance. Leadership comes with consistency.”

“We shouldn't be debating whether to deal with the current code by allowing it to be extended or not. We should have a president who shows leadership and comes to Congress and says: 'You know what? We need to reform this whole tax code.'”

“A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.”

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

“The United States is the most innovative country in the world. But our leadership could slip away if we fail to properly fund primary, secondary and higher education.”

“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.”

“What helps people, helps business.”

“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.”

“The more consistent a father can be or a mentor can be in the person's life and teach them principles of real solid manhood, character, integrity and leadership, the more consistent you can be in the person's life and teach them those things at a younger age, and then the better off they'll be.”

“Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.”

“I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.”

“So I think democracy, in the long-term, in our countries will survive if it comes to be associated with leadership, will not survive if democracy plus media brings to us more and more followship rather than leadership.”

“Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.”

“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.”

“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.”