The problem with naming a No. 2 is you really want to throw all your weight behind the guy who is going to be the leader. – Charlie Bell
If I am elected leader, my shadow opposition team will actively incorporate the policy contributions of all our members by instituting policy action committees as recommend by the 2010 National Review. – Bill Shorten
What you have with Mr. Trump is you have a clear leader, a person who – he said it best – is not going to be toyed with. – Corey Lewandowski
You’ve got to figure out how you’re going to come in and significantly impact and redefine a market such that you become a market share leader in it. – Audrey MacLean
I would like to be a gang leader on ‘Sons of Anarchy’ or own a lemonade stand on ‘Boardwalk Empire.’ – CeeLo Green
With tech companies, whoever’s the leader is always questioned, you know. They say, ‘Is this the end of them?’ And – there’s more – more times people think that’s the case than it really is the case. – Bill Gates
The purpose of a politician is to be a leader. A politician has to lead. Otherwise he’s just a follower. – Alan Greenspan
I realized I’m not the kind of person who wants to go with the flow and fit in. I’m an agitator, I’m opinionated, I’m a libertine and leader. – Alexis Arquette
The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force. – Andre Maurois
When any of us thinks of ourselves as a role model – whether that’s as a parent being observed by their kids or a leader under the microscope of their followers – it creates a natural stepping up of how we carry ourselves and what we expect from ourselves. – Chip Conley
As a team, we have a lot of work ahead of us in FY16 and beyond, but I am confident that, working together, we will make Microsoft a leader in the mobile-first, cloud-first world. – B. Kevin Turner
I watched Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech before Congress, and I saw a man who loves his country with all his heart and soul. I also saw a strong leader, which is absolutely crucial for the safety of the Israeli people. – Chuck Norris
I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal. – Ben Carson
Our late Leader, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, with his universal sympathy for all oppressed and his profound understanding of Jesus’ revolutionary spirit of love and sacrifice, carried on his revolutionary work for forty years and brought about at last the liberation of the Chinese people. – Chiang Kai-shek
In other words, don’t expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say ‘we have a problem, let’s go and get it’. – Colin Powell
A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless. – Charles de Gaulle
It won’t do away with hierarchy totally, but the principal leader will be the person who most exemplifies the kind of organization and behavior required who is best able to create the conditions such organizations require. – Dee Hock
France isn’t just any country in Europe, and its president is not an ordinary leader in the world. Sometimes directing or leading the way is not enough, he has to initiate policies, as Nicolas Sarkozy was able to demonstrate during his term. – Francois Hollande
When you experience a failure as a leader, don’t hide it – talk about it. Your missed opportunity will encourage others to take risks. – Naveen Jain
On top of my to-do list in preparing for Beijing is ‘On China’ by Henry Kissinger, who has had firsthand experience with every top Chinese leader since Mao, so his insights are valuable and his access is perhaps unrivaled. – Gary Locke
I admired Margaret Thatcher – while abhorring much of what she offered – because she was so clearly a leader of huge substance. Blair was the dismal opposite. – Martin Jacques
Every leader wants to put his or her imprint on the work that they do, and grow up in specific eras. – George Papandreou
I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House – I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works. – Dan Webster
There’s not a single day when I walk the streets of New York City when someone doesn’t come up to me to say: ‘Please, please, ask your dad to run for president.’ We really need a businessman as leader of our country, not a politician. – Eric Trump
People have Plato’s form in their mind of what a leader is, or what a C.E.O. is, and it is a bunch of elements that I really don’t conform to at all. I’ve given this a lot of thought, and I came to the conclusion that I don’t care. – Dick Costolo
‘Flying Down to Rio’ established RKO as a leader in musical film production throughout the 1930s. The film helped to rescue the studio from its financial straits and it gave a real boost to my movie career. – Ginger Rogers
