Leadership Excellence Quotes

We must be prepared to keep pace with our leaders, stride for their every lengthened stride.

Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.

You have achieved excellence as a leader when people will follow you anywhere if only out of curiosity.

Tycho, we're about to achieve a tremendous victory we don't want." "We'll put that in your biography. General Antilles was so good he couldn't fail when he tried to." "Thanks." Wedge & Tycho

Earn your leadership every day.

I want to be the best president I can be for every American.

A prince or general can best demonstrate his genius by managing a campaign exactly to suit his objectives and his resources, doing neither too much nor too little.

The Bush administration is a paragon of wisdom.

If I could hire a coach in this country and I could get Tony Bennett, there would be nobody in second place. Nobody.

Leaders make things possible. Exceptional leaders make them inevitable.

All the great captains have performed vast achievements by conforming with the rules of art--by adjusting efforts to obstacles.

We have too often been tolerant of mediocrity in our leaders, and equally contemptuous of them. It should be exactly the reverse. We should be offering leaders our real respect, and demanding absolutely that they deliver.

Leaders set high standards. Refuse to tolerate mediocrity or poor performance.

I have tried to emphasize to people that, hey, just like President Obama was a really good president, and the fact that he was black I think was historic and unprecedented, but he also claimed and owned his excellence, and that's why I'm saying, okay - I think it's really exciting and historic that I would be the first woman president, but I have a lot of work I want to do. And I hope that people will say, "Hey, she's getting it done." That's how I think about it.

George Mitchell was a very good leader, and we were more than satisfied with his leadership. And I know the guys were jealous.

To have a Welch-caliber C.E.O. is impressive.To have a century of Welch-Caliber C.E.O.'s all grown from the inside - well, that is one key reason why G.E. is a visionary company.

In meeting the challenges of organic growth, BlackRock has the advantage of having an executive team greatly respected for what it has accomplished.

The BBC's television, radio and online services remain an important part of British culture and the fact the BBC continues to thrive amongst audiences at home and abroad is testament to a professional and dedicated management team who are committed to providing a quality public service.