Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
— Jesse Jackson
I believe the United States is very sick financially and might not survive another four years of Obama-style leadership.
— Jerry Falwell, Jr.
We have to go to war against the people who enable the gun violence, the people who stop us from keeping guns out of the hands of mentally unstable people, of felons, and that means the NRA leadership.
— Jerrold Nadler
For the absolute avoidance of doubt, my leadership will be about unity, drawing on all the talents - with women representing half of the shadow cabinet - and working together at every level of the party.
— Jeremy Corbyn
Sometimes leadership is planting trees under whose shade you'll never sit. It may not happen fully till after I'm gone. But I know that the steps we're taking are the right steps.
— Jennifer Granholm
I think when you have strong leadership at the coaching level and you empower the coach and the coaching staff, you have a lot more stability.
— Jeffrey Lurie
Even moderates, they can see in Trump the potential to have logjams broken and things finally get done. This makes some conservatives and some liberals furious, nervous, and me nervous a little bit, because I'm a pretty pure conservative. So that's a potential of his leadership.
— Jeff Sessions
There is something discordant about a team of speechwriters and political operatives hammering away to create an image of the 'real, inner' candidate. And, to be blunt, there is no necessary connection between a moving life experience and the skills necessary for leadership.
— Jeff Greenfield
The United States is the most innovative country in the world. But our leadership could slip away if we fail to properly fund primary, secondary and higher education.
— Jeff Bingaman
To me, leadership has always been about doing what's right. Because when you've had to write your blood type on your boots, you aren't afraid to make the right calls.
— Jason Kander
In the absence of federal leadership, Coloradans should take our rightful role as leaders seriously and work with other states and countries to reduce carbon emissions.
— Jared Polis
Whether it's a church or politics or a corporation or a college or anywhere, leadership matters.
— Jane O'Meara Sanders
For far too long, the Republican leadership in Congress has refused to act and pass comprehensive reform fixing our broken immigration system. In light of Republican inaction, I strongly support President Obama's executive actions on immigration.
— Jan Schakowsky
The captain at international level has to be someone who is one of the first names on the team sheet, someone who has the respect of the other players and someone who has good leadership qualities.
— Jamie Carragher
Divorced from ethics, leadership is reduced to management and politics to mere technique.
— James MacGregor Burns
One secret of leadership is that the mind of a leader never turns off. Leaders even when they are sightseers or spectators, are active; not passive observers.
— James Humes
Strong convictions precede great actions.
— James Freeman Clarke
Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
I chose to personally support Donald Trump for president early on and referred to him as America's blue-collar billionaire at the Republican National Convention because of his love for ordinary Americans and his kindness, generosity, and bold leadership qualities.
Libertarians believe that any government interference is bad. Anyone with a brain knows that climate change needs governmental leadership, and they can smell this is bad news for their philosophy. Their ideology is so strongly held that, remarkably, it's overcoming the facts.
— Jeremy Grantham
I was brought up in a family of leaders, and I think leadership is a life sentence. I like changing things that will shape the future.
— Jenny Shipley
One of the problems in the biotech world is the lack of women in leadership roles, and I'd like to see that change by walking the walk.
— Jennifer Doudna
Management's job is to convey leadership's message in a compelling and inspiring way. Not just in meetings, but also by example.
— Jeffrey Gitomer
Democrats have no agenda, no plan for the future, and no sense of leadership.
— Jeff Miller
The House of Representatives should not be locked down by the decided play of a few in leadership.
— Jeff Fortenberry
Market leadership can translate directly to higher revenue, higher profitability, greater capital velocity, and correspondingly stronger returns on invested capital.
— Jeff Bezos
Everything I do in my political life is colored by my military service. It was the defining moment in my life and helped me develop the leadership skills that I still utilize.
I think I can bring tremendous leadership.
— Jared Goff
What we're looking for in a president, most importantly, is leadership. A person that will actually stand up and fight for the middle class.
The House Republican leadership has simply run out of ideas.
He's a novice, but he's had these - he's experienced in leadership in tight circumstances. He started - he dropped the first bomb, led the first air strike into North Vietnam.
— James Stockdale
Woodrow Wilson called for leaders who, by boldly interpreting the nation's conscience, could lift a people out of their everyday selves. That people can be lifted into their better selves is the secret of transforming leadership.
Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.
By providing outstanding economic leadership, this country can wage its attack successfully - and can thereby build the foundations of a peaceful world.
— James Forrestal
MoMA is one of the world's great cultural institutions with one of the world's premier Boards and Museum leadership. It is my distinct pleasure to work with such a talented and highly qualified group. I salute Bob Menschel for the high bar he has set and follow him in the position of Chairman with all the respect he has earned.
— Jerry Speyer
It was funny that rank-and-file evangelicals were ahead of all the leadership. They saw for decades conservative Republicans had made promises to them on issues that were important to Christians and conservatives when they were running for office. But when they won, they didn't keep those promises.
If the leadership can't win a debate, then we should show true leadership and implement the democratic will of our party.
Building followership and inspiration around female leadership is quite difficult to do.
— Jennifer Hyman
Leadership is an intense journey into yourself. You can use your own style to get anything done. It's about being self-aware. Every morning, I look in the mirror and say, 'I could have done three things better yesterday.'
— Jeffrey R. Immelt
Every team has leadership. The leadership is the best players. But there's positive leadership, and there's negative leadership.
— Jeff Van Gundy
Why - because as a oil and gas small business owner - I know if someone is not doing their job, they should not get paid. Again leadership by example.
— Jeff Landry
It was easy for Sanford to have a bully pulpit as governor. It's another thing to be in the trenches, having to face leadership, and say, 'No, that's not a conservative position, that's not what we're doing.'
— Jeff Duncan
Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.
— Jean-Paul Sartre
A lot of people relate leadership to formalities. They believe that leadership is about being professional and strong and always right and being a booming voice. I just don't buy that. I think that leadership is a soft skill; it's a people skill.
— Jason Fried
Bad leadership during the past years has cast on our Party the shadow of great and grave burdens.
— Janos Kadar
Few things give me more pride and hope for our future than when I see women, of all ages and backgrounds, in leadership roles. We need even more women in elected office, running businesses, and guiding organizations.
America is best when we come together with clear leadership, expertise, and the political will to take on difficult challenges and get things done. No one should ever doubt the strength and resilience of our country and our democracy.
— Jamie Dimon
My sports were team sports: ice hockey and baseball. The whole team dynamic is similar in business. Leadership is earned - the captain earns that role; it's not because he's the coach's son. These are all things we know, but in today's world, it's not a bad idea to remind ourselves.
— James McNerney
ISIS has leadership, just like al Qaeda has leadership. It's important to be able to eliminate the individuals that are leading the organization.
— James Lankford
The art of communication is the language of leadership.
