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Seventy years after China emerged from the Second World War, the greatest threat facing the nation's leadership is not imperialism but skepticism.
When you write things down, you commit to doing them. If you simply tell me what you want to do, there is really no commitment to getting it done.
Leaders, whether in the family, in business, in government, or in education, must not allow themselves to mistake intentions for accomplishments .
Public office is supposed to be a public trust. This is a clear sign of the rampant corruption at the highest levels of the Republican leadership.
My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service.
A man who is influenced by the polls or is afraid to make decisions which make him unpopular is not a man to represent the welfare of the country.
There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third most important secret is patience.
I've been the co-chair of the Non-Partisan Women's Caucus and vice-chair for several years, taking a leadership role in this women's organization.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
The men who have done big things are those who were not afraid to attempt big things, who were not afraid to risk failure in order to gain success.
My focus as part of the leadership is to keep talking about the independent voters, independent voters - how do we get the independent voters back?
The emotionally intelligent person is skilled in four areas: identifying emotions, using emotions, understanding emotions, and regulating emotions.
The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.
The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests.
We are being governed by the dregs of the nation - and their brutality is so capricious that no one can feel certain that he will be safe tomorrow.
Find something you like to do so much that you would gladly do it for nothing; then learn to do it so well that people are happy to pay you for it.
Leaders who fail to appreciate this fundamental precept of accountability must also fail to muster the profound commitment true leadership demands.
The spiritual leader will choose the hidden path of sacrificial service and approval of the Lord over the flamboyant self-advertising of the world.
All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.
Inner peace is not found in things like baseball and world championships. As long as I feel I've done the best job I possibly could, I'm satisfied.
We play with enthusiasm and recklessness. We aren't afraid to lose. If we win, great; but win or lose, it is the competition that gives us pleasure.
While followers idealize the real, leaders realize the ideal... They outshine with their power of love those whose only motivation is love of power.
It [what you choose to do] has got to be something that you're passionate about because otherwise you won't have the perseverance to see it through.
While leadership depends on depth of conviction and the power coming therefrom, there must also be the ability to share that conviction with others.
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.
The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.
A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives.
I love everything about football. You can learn so much from it, from leadership qualities to discipline. This sport involves every kind of emotion.
I made a commitment... both to myself and to some supporters to carefully consider a run for the Liberal leadership for the Liberal Party of Canada.
Yes, there is a Nirvanah; it is leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do professionally and personally, and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures
The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.
One reason why people are unable to understand great Christian classics is that they are trying to understand without any intention of obeying them.
You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. It might help if we ran the MBAs out of Washington.
The captain tag is something that players vote on, head coaches they give their title to. It requires a player that you think exemplifies leadership.
Well, Dwight was born to be No. 2 and I don't think he would know what to do as a leader. But he loves following. He would have made a great fascist.
You can give me no greater consolation nor render greater service to your neighbor than to place yourself in a condition to serve him for a long time
One of the best teaching experiences Ed Schein and I had when we were teaching at MIT in the 1960s was inventing a course on leadership through film.
A few mistakes don't worry me; what worries me is when you make the mistakes and then forget your role on the team and start to worry about your ego.
You can send a message around the world in one-fifth of a second, yet it may take years for it to get from the outside of a man's head to the inside.
Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It's dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.
The Senate used to be a place of great debate and accomplishment. Now it is run like a dictatorship shutting out the voices of millions of Americans.
I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality
Why - because as a oil and gas small business owner - I know if someone is not doing their job, they should not get paid. Again leadership by example.
What we heard today was not fiscal leadership from our Commander-in-Chief, what we heard today was a political broadside from our Campaigner-in-Chief.
Central to America's rise to global leadership is our Judeo-Christian tradition with the vision of the goodness and possibilities of every human life.
We know that leadership is very much related to change. As the pace of change accelerates, there is naturally a greater need for effective leadership.
The Band-Aid solution is actually the best kind of solution because it involves solving a problem with the minimum amount of effort and time and cost.
There are a lot of good men out there who just need a little direction and leadership in order for them to offer what they have to young men and boys.
The idea that computers can ever replace teachers and schools reveals a deep lack of understanding about the role leadership plays in student success.