Leadership Quotes

“The biggest novelty of 2013 will be new leadership in China. Very little is known about the views of the new leaders - who will rule the country for ten years. But we do know they're the first generation of Chinese leaders who have spent the majority of their lives in a China 'opening up' to the rest of the world.”

-- David Miliband

“Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.”

-- Harold S. Geneen

“Leaders grasp nettles.”

-- David Ogilvy

“I am delighted with the strong vote I have received. My message of positive leadership, patriotism and commitment clearly was resonating with tens of thousands of ordinary Irish people.”

-- Michael D. Higgins

“I think we need leadership that helps us remember that part of what we are about is caring about more than the person right next to us, but the folks across the way.”

-- Anna Deavere Smith

“The very exercise of leadership fosters capacity for it.”

-- Cyril Falls

“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

“I believe that in Europe, we have a collective leadership.”

-- Mario Monti

“In fair weather prepare for foul.”

-- Thomas Fuller

“If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.”

-- Henry Ford