Newt Gingrich Quotes

Good leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis.

Victims recite problems. Leaders develop solutions. That might seem like common sense, but common sense is rarely common practice.

That's the art of leadership. To make sure that what shouldn't happen, doesn't happen.

If you don't choose to do it in leadership time up front, you do it in crisis management time down the road.

Don't wait untill problems pile up and cause a lot of trouble before trying to solve them. Leaders must march ahead the movement, not lag behind it.

Twenty-eight years in business and you understand the importance of problem solving and the importance of efficiency, because if you don't become efficient, you don't run a business well, and you are out of business. And I think some of those principles could be applied to leadership in Washington.

One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.

The art of government is to deal with threats before they become overwhelming.

Over the years, I've been involved in many business crises. I qualify this, since my crises have never involved life and death or the survival of the human race. But they are still crises.

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.

Some think that by preparing to deal with crises you make them more likely. I think the wiser judgment is the contrary. In this area at least, if you want peace or stability, it's better to prepare for war or instability.

As part of our renewal - we need to fight problems, not just wait for them to take place.

I fear, my Lords, it is too much the temper of this country to be insensible of the approach of danger, until it comes with accumulated terror upon us.

Part of the genius of diplomacy is to resolve issues before crises come along.

We must solve problems before they occur, rather than scrambling to deal with crises after they erupt..

In our government we drive decisions either by leadership of by crises. If the leadership is not there, we rely on crises.

Whenever the country has faced a crisis, the TDP has played a positive and constructive role.

When I'm on the field, if something doesn't go exactly as it's planned, I'm going to say something before a coach is going to say something. I'm going to get to it quicker and try to get it corrected.

Every manager must be prepared to face every situation.

It is in times of crisis that good leaders emerge.

Wait," said Butler. "Just wait, Holly. Artemis has a plan." He squinted through the green dome. "What is your plan, Artemis?" All Artemis could do was smile and shrug.

You don't become an effective leader by default.

I've always been a reformer all the time I served in public office, and remain a reformer in Ohio, but I also know how to get things done. And I think it's important that, while we acknowledge the anxieties that Americans have, I think it's also important we realize at the end of the day, we need to have somebody who knows how to land a plane, and I've landed quite a few planes.

Any Idiot can point out a problem .... A leader is willing to do something about it! Leaders solve problems!

The successful leader must plan his work and work his plan.