leadership recognition Quotes

The responsibility of leadership is not taken, it is given. Only when others choose to follow us can we truly lead.

In the end leaders are leaders. They get the credit and they get the blame.

Thank God there have always been in this country, college men able to recognize a true Washington, though his first name be not George.

Leadership is something which other people have to recognize. You cannot demand that I am a leader.

I've found that South Africa has produced good leaders. These are people who realize that when there is danger, they should be in the forefront and when there is victory to be celebrated, they should be in the background, allowing their colleagues and the ordinary civilians - the man in the street - to rejoice and to celebrate that victory.

I'm very grateful for what Mr Capello did for my career. I was really honoured that he put me in as his number one.

In the days of Joseph [Smith] it was considered a great privilege to be permitted to speak to a member of Congress, but twenty-six years will not pass away before the Elders of this Church will be as much thought of as the kings on their thrones.

What identifies an individual as a king is how other people behave towards him. All authority is assumed, and if other people don't accept your authority then you don't have it. Perhaps the critical thing to being a convincing figure of authority is actually not to try too hard.

It has been a true honor to wear a Bloomberg badge, and this credential has been the passport to sit across from some of the greatest titans of industry, including Mike Bloomberg, the visionary behind this extraordinary company.

We have built a very good company, and we're proud of it. We also recognize that much of it has been built on the shoulders of the thousands of employees and leaders who have worked here before us.

The highest compliments leaders can receive are those that are given by the people who work for them.

We had a farewell dinner for some of my senior staff, and generally everybody likes to talk about how cool I was.

Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill.

I went to a college prep high school in St. Louis, Missouri. When I graduated from school, I owned this thing called the Headmaster's Cup, and the Headmaster's Cup is for the student who exemplifies the spirit of the institution and is recognized by the faculty and administration.

Political success is the ability, when the inevitable occurs, to get credit for it.

Some of the senior people, the very senior astronauts, shook my hand and said, 'K.C., you did a great job. Don't let anyone tell you different.'

All the great organizations have great managers at all levels who recognize where their culture is getting stronger and where it is getting weaker. There are always reasons why.