Leadership - leadership is about taking responsibility not making excuses.

Management is doing things right leadership is doing the right things.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles but today it means getting along with people.

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked leadership is defined by results not attributes.

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

Harvard is first and foremost a university and not a consulting operation and our job here is to teach and to research and to create knowledge on Asia in conjunction and in cooperation with scholars as well as with political intellectual and cultural leaders in Asia.

Most North Americans know that human-caused global warming is real even if political leaders don't always reflect or act on that knowledge.

My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability judgment and knowledge but above all a passion for service.

I think America has more than enough maturity and intelligence to start exercising its world leadership responsibly.

Intelligence we gathered at the time indicated that this was in fact leadership and we struck the leadership.

The intelligence investigation under the leadership of Senator Church which I know has helped cause this investigation by you points out that the agencies did not disclose certain facts to us and that certain plots were going on.

Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.

President Reagan was a leader at a time when the American people most needed leadership. He outlined a vision that captured the imagination of the free world a vision that toppled the Communist empire and freed countless millions.

Throughout history great leaders have known the power of humor.

President Obama chose politics over leadership. 'Hope' and 'Change' have become bait-and-switch.

There are no ideas in the Republican Party right now in the Congress. They're the party of no. They desperately need some intellectual leadership. And whatever you think of Newt Gingrich he can supply intellectual leadership. So I hope he does run.

House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban by pressing Democratic leaders to join House and Senate Republicans in taking this critical step to restore public trust.

Everyone who feels stuck in the Obama economy is right to focus on the here and now. And I hope you understand this too if you're feeling left out or passed by: You have not failed your leaders have failed you.

It's a sad day when the leaders of the free world engage in such deception and trickery. I voted against this unnecessary war and will continue to argue that the best way to support our troops is to bring them home.

For all history up to the end of the Cold War summit meetings were historic and dramatic occasions when leaders who controlled the destiny of much of the world met to change the world.

Great men are usually the products of their times and one of the men developed by these times takes rank with the greatest railroad leaders in history.

In man - in the history of mankind this has happened many times and occupation leaders hang on to the land that they're occupying. People fight to liberate their land. But in the end the people's will is what achieves victory.

If America wants to retain its position as a global power its president must listen to the people and show strong leadership at this turning point in human history.

Hollywood has a history of raising expectations beyond Washington's reach of appealing to the very American desire to mythologize political leaders particularly the president.