Leadership Quotes

“Europe is difficult to coordinate, and our main deficit may not even lie in this area of finance and economics, but in foreign and security policy. We have a leadership problem because we are still 27 different members who have still not decided on how to work with each other based on what we used to call a European constitution.”

-- Peer Steinbruck

“Leadership is about being a servant first.”

-- Allen West

“You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it.”

-- Norman Schwarzkopf

“You cannot transpose the U.S. system on Turkey, and the Turkish system on France etc. You have to understand the people and their culture. That's leadership.”

-- Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

“We have a country to turn around. This week you will nominate the most experienced executive to seek the presidency in 60 years in Mitt Romney. He has no illusions about what makes America great, and he doesn't confuse the presidency with celebrity, or loftiness with leadership.”

-- Artur Davis

“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.”

-- Harvey S. Firestone

“Presidential leadership needn't always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.”

-- Donald Rumsfeld

“Sport fosters many things that are good teamwork and leadership.”

-- Daley Thompson

“Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.”

-- Jim Rohn

“If America wants to retain its position as a global power, its president must listen to the people and show strong leadership at this turning point in human history.”

-- David Suzuki