Leadership Quotes
“They said it was impossible to touch the third rail of politics, to take on public-sector unions and to reform a pension and health benefits system that was headed to bankruptcy. But with bipartisan leadership, we saved taxpayers $132 billion dollars over 30 years and saved retirees their pensions. We did it.”
“In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal contacts and experiences help shape his thinking. They can be critical to his persuasiveness and thus to his leadership.”
-- Donald Rumsfeld
“To succeed in business it is necessary to make others see things as you see them.”
-- Aristotle Onassis
“There's a void of leadership in a lot of Washington. I think one of the reasons why there's so much angst across the country.”
-- Rush Limbaugh
“Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to the business of reforming Nigeria, and the search for solutions.”
-- Ibrahim Babangida
“There's a very big gulf between the black civil rights leadership in America and the black middle class in America. The black middle class are conservative. Many of those minorities can be persuaded to be members of the Republican Party.”
-- Pete du Pont
“No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.”
-- Andrew Carnegie