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I think it's inarguable that Vladimir Putin has been a stronger leader in his country than Barack Obama has been in this country.
If I had to choose one which best characterized the condition of being a political leader in Athens, the word would be "tension".
We have transformed Philips into a focused leader in health technology, delivering innovation to help people manage their health.
Qaddafi is hated because he is the leader of a small country that is rich, but he uses his money to finance liberation struggles.
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
I'm not a lukewarm European. I know that the German-French friendship is indispensable, no matter who the countries' leaders are.
Never may a man prone to believe scandal be a despot or a popular leader! Under his guidance, democracy itself will be despotism.
The people of the world genuinely want peace. Some day the leaders of the world are going to have to give in and give, it to them.
In this country, these Negro leaders have Negroes sittin' - sitting down, thinking that that - there's dignity towards sitting in.
Every leader needs to clearly explain the top three things the organization is working on. If you can't, you are not leading well.
To be a leader, you have to make people want to follow you, and nobody wants to follow someone who doesn't know where he is going.
A lot of people saved IBM. Yes, I was the leader of that team but I could never have done it without a group of IBMers helping me.
William McKinley has surely been underrated - in no small part because he was succeeded by a memorable leader, Theodore Roosevelt.
I'm glad to know that we do have political leaders that believe in God, and that has been true from the days of George Washington.
An ability to embrace new ideas, routinely challenge old ones, and live with paradox will be the effective leader's premier trait.
The minute you become a leader of a country, you go into a very small club. You join that sort of pantheon of other world leaders.
Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems.
My goal is to always be a transformational leader, and to go big. And when you go big, you don't always win. And I'm OK with that.
I had been sort of a rising star - an athlete, a scholar, a leader. My dream was to become a high-level national security adviser.
Anyone who is speaking of a greater compassion, a greater humanitarian concern, is a leader paving the path we all need to follow.
And you cannot have a socialist revolution commandeered from the top, ordered around by some omniscient leader or group of leaders
I often say that leadership is deeply personal and inherently collective. That's a paradox that effective leaders have to embrace.
One quality of leaders and high achievers in every area seems to be a commitment to ongoing personal and professional development.
I say to all those leaders, do not look the other way. Do not hesitate... It is within your power to avoid a genocide of humanity.
While I'm leader, nothing will be off limits - there will not be one policy, one rule, one way of working which cannot be changed.
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.
You never really know how good of a leader you are until there is something there is lead us to, toward or through or to overcome.
Leaders don't convince people to follow them. Leaders walk forward alone and those who want to go down their path decide to follow.
A revolution requires of its leaders a record of unbroken infallibility; if they do not possess it, they are expected to invent it.
President Obama appears to me to have elevated and implemented the artist-activist concept to the role of empowered servant-leader.
If you think you're a leader, and you look over your shoulder and there ain't nobody following you, man, you're just takin' a walk.
Kids raised to be pampered and spoiled don't really end up being good leaders. Leaders need to be independent minded and confident.
I think you can improve on that natural ability with training and exposure to great leaders of the past and to management theories.
You don't always have to be a leader and be as vocal as I am. I'm sure some people would love it if I didn't talk as much as I did.
Leaders in all spheres who are living with HIV should be encouraged, not coerced, to lead by example and disclose their HIV status.
Though there are lessons that can be learned about becoming a great leader, most exist inherently in the bellies of those who lead.
We cannot allow violence from militant activists to dictate where and how democratically elected state leaders hold their meetings.
The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
One mark of a good officer, he remembered, was the ability to make quick decisions. If they happen to be right, so much the better.
If you increase your success by even a mere 10 percent, you have become 10 percent more effective as a leader than you were before.
People had so much respect for George Mitchell. They wanted to cooperate with him. I think that's a hallmark of a very good leader.
If you have faith in our leaders of commerce, don't buy gold. If you do not have faith in them, maybe you should buy gold or silver.
The economic freedom that made the U.S. economy the leader of the world has given way toa rigged, controlled, and regulated economy.
I have never seen any BJP leader going to jail during the freedom struggle; it was only Congressmen who sacrificed for this country.
I'm happy to always be included in the list of women. I'd like to be in the sections about female leaders and male leaders. Why not?
As an artist, I have to be a leader of my fans, not like follow them. Because if I chose to follow them, you know, they could do it.
If Michael, leader of God's host When Heaven and Hell are met, Looked down on you from Heaven's door-post He would his deeds forget.
This nation's elected leaders owe all Americans the duty of formulating an Iraqi policy based on sound analysis of the actual facts.
I'm merely teaching you to be someone of pride and to be a good leader and that's the message I want you to take away from my music.
Much responsibility rests upon the shoulders of the song leader; it is not infrequently within his power to make or break a meeting.