Quotes about Leadership

I was one of the hardest-hitting conservatives on George W. Bush. Republicans didn't like me on George W. Bush. Republicans still don't like me on many things. If any Republican thinks I've been hard on Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich or any of these guys, wait until Mitt Romney gets into office. I'll hold his feet to the fire just as much.

We must wake ourselves up! Or somebody else will take our place, and bear our cross, and thereby rob us of our crown.

Some leaders are not intimidated by opposition; they actually thrive on it. It wakes them up. It energizes them. It calls them to battle. It causes them to mobilize their thoughts and energy.

Even when I was Archbishop of Wales and working with new bishops, I used to say, not realising quite how true it was, 'One of the things you will do as a bishop is disappoint people'.

The Savior encouraged brotherhood. He was not a long-distance leader. He walked and worked with those whom he led. He was not afraid of close friendships. He spent many hours with his disciples, and his relationships with them were intimate.

I seldom was ever off my seat on the bench during the game.

Responsibility and accountability is a big part of being in the military.

The difficult bosses - the ones that have been hard for me to work for - have been the ones where I never knew what success meant.

I don't want to be a basketball player that's a businessman. I want to be a businessman that's a business.

The Lord specifically told me that He has appointed and anointed Daniel Kolenda as my successor.

I have suffered as much as Martin Luther King. Only I didn't get the bullet. And I would have taken the bullet if I could have.

My management skills are more suited to developing teams to be better than what they were before, and not just about avoiding relegation.