The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out a central line to resolve it.
Mao Tse-Tung
Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.
Hubert H. Humphrey
Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.
Omar N. Bradley
The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.
Ken Blanchard
Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership.
Eric Hoffer
The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
Tony Blair
In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal contacts and experiences help shape his thinking. They can be critical to his persuasiveness and thus to his leadership.
Donald Rumsfeld
Presidential leadership needn't always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.
Donald Rumsfeld
Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
Donald Rumsfeld
We needed to go back on the offense and offer clear leadership on Iraq.
Condoleezza Rice
The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.
Harvey S. Firestone
We must recognize that as the dominant power in the world we have a special responsibility. In addition to protecting our national interests, we must take the leadership in protecting the common interests of humanity.
George Soros
I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
Ralph Nader
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
Ralph Nader
I've developed a huge regard for Toyota for its environmental awareness, for its immense commitment to research and development in this field, and for its leadership in developing hybrids which others are now following.
Maurice Strong
Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions.
Bo Bennett
My observation is that women are merely waiting for their husbands to assume leadership.
James Dobson
The things journalists should pay attention to are the issues the political leadership agrees on, rather than to their supposed antagonisms.
Michael Pollan
The Dalai Lama. He is a very wise man of great inner peace who believes that happiness is the purpose of our lives. Through his teachings and leadership, he continues to make this world a better place in which to live.
Sidney Sheldon
But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement.
Ibrahim Babangida
