The atmosphere at my school was very competitive. Young girls were competing with each other every day for status, for leadership, for the affection of the teachers. I hated it.
— Zhang Ziyi
The legitimacy of the leadership depends on what that country thinks of its leaders.
— Zbigniew Brzezinski
Leadership is about encouraging women to break their silence and tell their stories to the world.
— Zainab Salbi
Music is all about leadership and there ain't really a lot of leaders.
— Young Jeezy
The tradition that I come from has a great influence on Karnataka. Not just politically - it's also my social and moral responsibility to draw citizens facing bad governance and lawlessness to a leadership that is capable of delivering good governance and development.
— Yogi Adityanath
In terms of the principles of politics, I think I understand well. Thailand needs someone who has leadership, who has the management skills to help the country.
— Yingluck Shinawatra
I have been chastised by a president, I have antagonized and angered presidents, and I have taken on my own leadership.
— Xavier Becerra
We need the kind of leadership exemplified by President Kennedy to just do it! But we must do it as good stewards, aggressively exerting control over the moon. We can best do this by going there.
— Wilson Greatbatch
If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
— William James
It's really necessary for the United States to continue to give strong leadership to the Middle East peace process, supported by European countries at the same time.
— William Hague
Having served as both attorney general and deputy attorney general in the Justice Department, I had responsibility for supervising the FBI, working on virtually a daily basis with its senior leadership.
— William Barr
Mindsets, skills and leadership, experience and access, and critical consciousness - we need all four of these things for our students to be the leaders, people and citizens we want them to be.
— Wendy Kopp
Teach For America is working hard to be one significant source of the leadership we need.
The mission that unites all of the programs of the Teach For All global network is that of cultivating the leadership capacity critical to ultimately ensuring educational opportunity for all.
I think the way to understand Teach for America is as a leadership development program.
I've never worried about payback. People are hungry for leadership that's not afraid of political consequence.
— Wendy Davis
Education is the mother of leadership.
— Wendell Willkie
It is important to ask ourselves, as citizens, whether a world power can provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety.
I think it is important to ask ourselves as citizens, not as Democrats attacking the administration, but as citizens, whether a world power can really provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety?
Hamas, also elected to governmental leadership in Palestine, includes the jihadists, people who have declared war on the United States of America and its ally, Israel.
— Zach Wamp
Due to Modi ji's leadership, people's participation in building a base for inclusive growth and a strong country became possible.
U.P. is a big state. I don't have enough leadership experience for such a big state. I requested the party for two experienced associates to help me and work with me.
We live in a time where government is not a leadership thing, it's more a business that's out there and running riot, so I guess the people have to go out there and say stuff.
— Yahoo Serious
Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.
— Woodrow Wilson
It is the responsibility of leadership to provide opportunity, and the responsibility of individuals to contribute.
— William Pollard
If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.
Lewis Booth and Derrick Kuzak represent the very best of Ford and our culture and built a legacy of leadership, integrity and commitment to excellence that will benefit us for years to come.
— William Clay Ford, Jr.
The worst thing you can do in a leadership position is be something you're not.
— Will Muschamp
The idea that computers can ever replace teachers and schools reveals a deep lack of understanding about the role leadership plays in student success.
If we're going to see sustainable results from all the other investments we're making in education, we need to build leadership capacity in each and every country.
We are working essentially to build a leadership force of folks who will, during their first two years of teaching, actually put their kids on a different trajectory - not just survive as a new teacher, but actually help close the achievement gap for their kids.
We are looking for a set of personal characteristics that predict success, the first and foremost of which is perseverance in the face of challenges. We also look for the ability to influence and motivate others who share your values, strong problem-solving ability, and leadership.
I hope telling the story of how I went from being a single mom to serving in the Texas State Senate to running for governor will remind others that with the right leadership in government, where you start has nothing to do with how far you go.
Through your individual leadership, millions of gun owners across the nation made their voices heard sending an unmistakable message: stop President Barack Obama's destruction of our liberty and restore our Constitution.
— Wayne LaPierre
Americans must place greater emphasis on the more subtle dimensions of national power, such as innovation, education, the balance of force and diplomacy, and the quality of political leadership.
We should be therefore supporting a larger Europe, and in so doing we should strive to expand the zone of peace and prosperity in the world which is the necessary foundation for a stable international system in which our leadership could be fruitfully exercised.
Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.
— Yousef Munayyer
Under Prime Minister Modi's leadership, terror camps are being destroyed, which is breaking the back of terrorists and Pakistan.
I believe that the will of the people is resolved by a strong leadership. Even in a democratic society, events depend on a strong leadership with a strong power of persuasion, and not on the opinion of the masses.
— Yitzhak Shamir
California is a very important state. As goes California, so goes the nation. We need to have strong leadership. Someone who can hit the ground running.
Leadership is so defined by men, and we need to revise that - we need to be able to say that the people we honor are not the conquerors but the peacemakers.
— Winnie Byanyima
But the person who scored well on an SAT will not necessarily be the best doctor or the best lawyer or the best businessman. These tests do not measure character, leadership, creativity, perseverance.
— William Julius Wilson
I want American Dream growth - lots of new businesses, well-paying jobs, and American leadership in new industries, like clean energy and biotechnology.
— William J. Clinton
The consensus for a strong, independent Executive arose from the Framers' experience in the Revolution and under the Articles of Confederation. They had seen that the War had almost been lost and was a bumbling enterprise because of the lack of strong Executive leadership.
Companies must put infrastructure in place to support their female employees and ensure that they receive the benefits of male and female leadership.
— Whitney Wolfe Herd
Fostering the leadership necessary for transformational outcomes in education is hard work, and in countries around the world, there is a constant search for easier solutions.
School boards can be a steppingstone to higher forms of political leadership.
In the long run, we need to build a leadership force of people. We have a whole strategy around not only providing folks with the foundational experience during their two years with us, but also then accelerating their leadership in ways that is strategic for the broader education reform movement.
Charter laws do something really important. They give educators the freedom and flexibility that they need to attain results. But we also have to invest a lot in the leadership pipeline to take advantage of that freedom and flexibility.
I can say with absolute certainty that I will run for one of two offices: my state Senate seat or for the governor. I'm still trying to decide, but I do think people are ready for a change from the partisan, very fractured leadership we have in Texas.
