Quotes about Leadership

Mitt Romney is a nice guy. But, we know where nice guys finish in politics.

When it comes to the income of the ministry, I have no problem talking about it or what happens to the money.

With few exceptions, the only instances in which mainstream firms have successfully established a timely position in a disruptive technology were those in which the firms' managers set up an autonomous organization charged with building a new and independent business around the disruptive technology.

if our ward and stake leaders were to focus on leading their members to share the gospel, many of the other problems that fester in our hearts and homes, and in our wards and stakes, would resolve themselves through the blessings that come from accepting the call that God has given each of us to be missionaries.

In the early stage, managers are puzzle solvers, not number crunchers.

the firms that led the industry in every instance of developing and adopting disruptive technologies were entrants to the industry, not its incumbent leaders.

Managers who confront disruptive technological change must be leaders, not followers, in commercializing disruptive technologies.

Companies make attractive money when they solve the hardest problems.

Danger only threatens when a political system sends those not-decent people, i.e., the negative element of a nation, to the top.

Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking.

I have three treasures. Guard and keep them:The first is deep love,The second is frugality,And the third is not to dare to be ahead of the world.Because of deep love, one is courageous.Because of frugality, one is generous.Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world.

When armies are mobilized and issues joined,The man who is sorry over the fact will win.