Quotes about Leadership

Heckuva job, Brownie!

Those who based decisions on principle, not some snapshot of public opinion, were often vindicated over time.

I had watched Dad climb into the biggest arena and succeed. I wanted to find out if I had what it took to join him.

George Washington once wrote that leading by conviction gave him "a consolation within that no earthly efforts can deprive me of." He continued: "The arrows of malevolence, however barbed and well pointed, never can reach the most vulnerable part of me.

I pray Heaven to bestow the best blessings on this house and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.

Do not suffer your good nature ... to say yes when you ought to say no; remember that it is a public not a private cause that is to be injured or benefitted by your choice

Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope John Paul II, the cardinals have elected me - a simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord.

The cardinals have elected me, a simple, humble worker in the Lord's vineyard.

Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming individuals in important jobs.

Compassion, together with contractual responsibility for one's workforce, is a mark of a top employer.

I know a lot of CEOs who are looking for three- to four-year varsity athletes - not necessarily because these people are going to be doing pushups or spiking volleyballs in the workplace, but because they're looking for that continuity, that person who was gritty about something.