Always make your team around you feel like you are succeeding, even though you know, way down deep, it’s a long shot. You have to be the fighter and the leader and the one who instills energy and hope in others. – Jon Huntsman, Sr.
To remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential. – John C. Maxwell
I didn’t drink. I was never a big party girl, but I streaked. I was just in a naked frame of mind. I don’t think I was the only streaker, but I might have been the leader of the streakers! And we just all streaked, all summer. – Jennifer Garner
There is no one leader that’s going to unify all of Syria that suddenly everyone is going to go, ‘Yes, that’s a logical place.’ They’re not unified. They don’t have a setup succession like we do in the United States. – James Lankford
When I created Buffy, I wanted to create a female icon, but I also wanted to be very careful to surround her with men that not only have no problem with the idea of a female leader, but were in fact engaged and even attracted to the idea. – Joss Whedon
A lot of the issue that is happening in Syria is Assad is still there. And after years now, the administration, of saying Assad has to go, the pressure is not being applied to Russia, to Iran – the folks that are propping up Assad – and Assad himself to be able to actually be removed there and to transition to another leader. – James Lankford
You know, the truth is this: it is a leader’s job to challenge the status quo. And when you do, you make enemies. – Carly Fiorina
A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world. – John Updike
Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader. – Indra Nooyi
Tony Blair has turned his back on the principles he claimed he believed in before he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with George W. Bush. He was an entirely different kind of leader. – Bianca Jagger
Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team. – John C. Maxwell
Contessa, a.k.a. Baboushka, was a leader in the Russian mafia. Hardnosed, ruthless… very much her own woman. She’s a martial artist, marksman, and good with guns and gadgets as any good pulp spy should be. She’s supported by her constant companion Gyorgy Gyorgyov, an old friend of her family who was, in fact, her KGB handler and inventor. – Antony Johnston
For any new leader of any party at any given time it takes time if you are not in government to establish yourself. – Charles Kennedy
We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union. Founder of the Republican Party. – Barack Obama
If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles. – Carl von Clausewitz
Leadership is something you earn, something you’re chosen for. You can’t come in yelling, ‘I’m your leader!’ If it happens, it’s because the other guys respect you. – Ben Roethlisberger
I’ve always been a leader. If someone was getting picked on in school, I’d try to deflate that situation by inviting that kid to eat lunch with me. I’ve always tried to be a uniter. – Brock Osweiler
Like tens of millions of Americans, I will not vote for Hillary Clinton and desire to vote for a bold, conservative leader. – Bill Flores
You can be very feminine and be a leader. Christine Lagarde, she’s very chic and she dresses very well, and she’s a woman. And she has a lot of power. – Carolina Herrera
I’ve got an opportunity that not many people have – to be the leader of Team Sky as I enter the prime years of my career. – Bradley Wiggins
I grew up in a very musical family, my father was a musician and a big band leader and made records. – Billy Sherwood
If you’re looking for the safe choice, you shouldn’t be supporting a black guy named Barack Obama to be the next leader of the free world. – Barack Obama
If the crisis lasts moments, rapid action is critical. But if it’s simply the beginning of a broader issue, especially one where the root cause isn’t known yet, the worst thing a leader can do is act immediately. – Brad Feld
I think whether you’re having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude. – Colin Powell