Leadership Quotes

“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.”

-- John Kenneth Galbraith

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

-- Stephen Covey

“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.”

-- Sherrod Brown

“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

“To succeed, one must be creative and persistent.”

-- John H. Johnson

“A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.”

-- Arnold H. Glasow

“The trouble with the Labour Party leadership and the trade union leadership, they're quite willing to applaud millions on the streets of the Philippines or in Eastern Europe, without understanding the need to also produce millions of people on the streets of Britain.”

-- Arthur Scargill

“Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.”

-- Peter Drucker

“The important thing is that we recognize our President's leadership, that he is not saying: I am going to walk away from this. He is saying: I am going to do the right thing.”

-- Kay Bailey Hutchison

“You watch television and see what's going on on this debt ceiling issue. And what I consider to be a total lack of leadership from the President and nothing's going to get fixed until the President himself steps up and wrangles both parties in Congress.”

-- Steve Wynn