Leadership Quotes
“I had the closest thing I have ever had to an out-of-body experience lying in bed one morning. I turned on the 'Today' programme and item four on the news was: 'The shadow chancellor has ruled himself out of the leadership.' I lay there thinking that's interesting, then I realised it was me.”
“Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.”
-- Paul Hawken
“The President's speech suggested to me that were we to follow his leadership, we will be in Iraq not for months, but for years. I also hope I am wrong on this.”
-- Daniel Inouye
“By providing outstanding economic leadership, this country can wage its attack successfully - and can thereby build the foundations of a peaceful world.”
-- James Forrestal
“How we think shows through in how we act. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking.”
-- David Joseph Schwartz
“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”
-- Stephen Covey
“My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service.”
-- Sonny Perdue