Quotes about Leadership

Like a good parent can't also be his child's best friend, a leader with authority requires some separation from subordinates.

There are very few good examples of effective, nurturing leadership that unlocks people's potential or even enthusiasm.

Good people equals good management and good management equals good people.

If the critics are right that I've made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at reading them.

Franklin [D. Roosevelt] had a good way of simplifying things. He made people feel that he had a real understanding of things and they felt they had about the same understanding.

I think my husband did a pretty good job in the 1990s.

It may well happen that the public voice, pronounced by the representatives of the people, will be more constant to the public good than if pronounced by the people themselves.

Good people always rise to your level of expectation.

Usually the person who rises within an organization has a good attitude. The promotions did not give that individual an outstanding attitude, but an outstanding attitude resulted in promotions.