Quotes about Leadership
I am loaded down to the guards with educational, benevolent, and other miscellaneous public work, I must not attempt to do more. I cannot without neglecting imperative duties.
— Rutherford B. Hayes
The greatest work in all the world is the building of men and women of character. Without character there is not much that is worthwhile.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Personnel determines the potential of the team. Vision determines the direction of the team. Work ethic determines the preparation of the team. Leadership determines the success of the team.
— John Maxwell
If I sought to answer all of the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would be engaged in little else in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
You can't be that good; you work for me.
— Lewis Carroll
If you were to write down all the possible ways to motivate people to do better work, friendly praise would have to come near the head of your list.
— Hannah Whitall Smith
Despite all our gains in technology, product innovation and world markets, most people are not thriving in the organizations they work for.
— Stephen Covey
If you are a leader, the true measure of your success is not getting people to work. It's not getting people to work hard. It is getting people to work hard together. That takes commitment.
— John Maxwell
I just try to work hard and run the offense as good as possible. I had a lot of guys around me who made a lot of good plays to help me out.
— Tim Tebow
One of the things I've learned about being president is that we'll work on issues for long periods of time, sometimes in obscurity.
— Barack Obama
There's never been a presidency that's done so much in such a short period of time, and we haven't even started the big work yet.
— Donald Trump
Appeasement does not work. As was the case in the 1930s, we see in Saddam Hussein an aggressive dictator threatening his neighbors.
— George H. W. Bush