My mom didn't run for mayor until she was 65 years old - it was like a second and third career.... The way I've always thought about it is that I don't believe you run for office because you want a job. I believe if you run for office, it's because you have a vision for change. And if I ever came to that point, that's what would lead [me to run]. And right now I'm happily in a position where I believe I can work to deliver impact and work for change.
Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
The great leaders in history were great not because of what they owned or earned but because of what they gave their lives to accomplish. They made a difference!
The leaders we revere and the businesses that last are generally not the result of a narrow pursuit of popularity or personal advancement, but of devotion to some bigger purpose. That's the hallmark of real success. The other trapping of success might be the by product of this larger mission, but it can't be the central thing.
Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
I've worked for some amazing leaders, and I've worked for the opposite, and that gave me the perspective of what I knew I never wanted to be, and the perspective of what had lasting, sustainable impact.
You can be a catalyst for change but change never really entirely happens just because of one guy.
It's gratifying to work for somebody who doesn't measure accomplishment by the temporary state of public-opinion polls.
True power and true happiness are when you use your success to make others around you feel even more significant.
I will make this world a better place, whether they like it or not. That’s the fun of being Queen.
A leader should never risk their ability to make a difference by making an unnecessary point.
To be a leader means, especially, having the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those who permit leaders to lead.
