My observation is that women are merely waiting for their husbands to assume leadership.
— James Dobson
The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.
— James Buchanan
I love holding myself accountable and being held accountable by my teammates. It's never easy, but it comes with the role of being a leader, and if your leadership is not up to par, then the team won't be willing to work as hard.
— Jalen Brunson
If people want to get into leadership through corrupt practices, through corrupt means, I think that's detestable; we have to take action.
— Jakaya Kikwete
If you don't have the necessary inner balance, leadership can demolish you. Today, if you are a CEO by the time you are 35, you must have ulcers. By 45, you must have diabetes. By 55, you must have had a bypass. People say they have had three bypasses, as if it is a qualification.
— Jaggi Vasudev
I think we so often equate leadership with being experts - the leader is supposed to come in and fix things. But in this interconnected world we live in now, it's almost impossible for just one person to do that.
— Jacqueline Novogratz
As members of Congress, we take an oath to uphold the Constitution and bear true faith and allegiance to the United States, not the Republican or Democratic party. I have been willing to stand up to my own leadership when it's in the national interest.
— Jackie Speier
Frankly, our adversaries are emboldened by the lack of American leadership in the world, and our friends and our allies, they have lost trust in us.
— Jack Keane
In one of my recent books, 'The Success Principles,' I taught 64 lessons that help people achieve what they want out of life. From taking nothing less than 100 percent responsibility for your life to empowering others, these are the fundamentals to success - and to great leadership.
— Jack Canfield
Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.
— J. P. Morgan
The most depressing part of the 2016 election is that the candidates often failed to show any cultural leadership: any recognition that the world of public policy was important but hardly the only good and necessary part of our shared society.
— J. D. Vance
Leadership does not depend on being right.
— Ivan Illich
The biggest difference is in the leadership. It was better for us. We had more coaches and mentors to help us. A lot of the younger players today suffer from a lack of direction.
— Isaiah Thomas
The Gaza leadership is stuck in its rhetoric of revolution and resistance. But the people are fed up with their leadership.
— Isaac Herzog
No organization should be allowed near disaster unless they are willing to cooperate with some level of established leadership.
— Irwin Redlener
It's fair to characterise me as competitive and determined, but anyone who works with me will attest to the fact I believe very strongly in the notion of servant leadership.
— Irene Rosenfeld
Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader.
— Indra Nooyi
At HBO, my leadership had to inspire and gain the respect of employees in a large company with over 100 external business relationships in dozens of countries.
— James Costos
Historically, corporate aversion to politics has at times held firm even under national leadership that threatens the health of the economy, and with it the well-being of every company.
— James B. Stewart
Equating brutality and despotism with leadership is not an American value.
— Jake Tapper
I became a better talker on the floor, being at Duke, being in leadership with Coach K, and I think I got better defensively as the season progressed.
— Jahlil Okafor
Leadership is neither about you or me; it is about something that needs to be done. Leaders figure out how it can be made to happen and get ten or a million people to see that this is the way to do it.
Ben Roethlisberger is a proven winner in athletic competition. But the measure of a true leader is how they conduct themselves 24/7, not just during a winning touchdown drive or a goal-line stance. Leadership isn't something that gets switched off because the game clock expires.
— Jackson Katz
In 'Profiles in Courage,' my grandfather, John F. Kennedy, praised leadership that put country above party, elevated principles over petty politics and promoted progress before personal interests.
— Jack Schlossberg
I watched the Bush administration overreact to the Clinton administration, who believed they did too much nation building, sustaining other countries, and that's why we never put the commitment on Afghanistan and Iraq that should have been in there under their policy leadership.
Taking on a leadership role doesn't mean that you only have to be personally ambitious.
— Jacinda Ardern
A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.
Leadership means setting a moral tone.
— J. B. Pritzker
I was lucky enough to play with great platers Cameron Smith, Billy Slater, Darren Lockyer and that's where I learned about leadership.
— Israel Folau
I realize that every time we discuss a job placement and look at a list of both male and female candidates, there's a question that comes up pretty much all the time for the woman: 'Will she know how to assert herself?' It's not meant to be malicious. It's more, 'Will she manage to take leadership of the team you want to entrust to her?'
— Isabelle Kocher
The world is yearning for strong leadership and moral clarity; someone who knows the difference between good and bad.
The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.
— Irving Babbitt
How the hell can I ask people who work for me to travel cheaply if I travel in luxury? It's a question of good leadership.
— Ingvar Kamprad
The one thing I have learned as a CEO is that leadership at various levels is vastly different. When I was leading a function or a business, there were certain demands and requirements to be a leader. As you move up the organization, the requirements for leading that organization don't grow vertically; they grow exponentially.
Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.
— James Cash Penney
Saudi Arabia has been successful in preventing Houthi missiles from causing substantial damage. Yet, the inability of Saudi authorities in preventing Houthi missiles from being fired in the first place serves as an embarrassing reminder that the kingdom's leadership is unable to restrain their Iranian-backed opponent.
— Jamal Khashoggi
We design our own programmes; we take leadership. Of course the donors come in to support us, to complement our efforts. Our responsibility to the donors is about accountability: about how we use that money. If somebody gives you his money, definitely he will be interested in knowing how you spend the money.
Well, the federal government has a responsibility to provide leadership in bringing together provinces.
— Jagmeet Singh
Insight essentially means being able to see things other people are not able to see. This is the hallmark of leadership.
It takes leadership to improve safety. And I started off the movement in my time, but the person who has done more over the past 20 to 30 years and who has led it is Professor Sid Watkins.
— Jackie Stewart
The world needs new leadership, but the new leadership is about working together.
— Jack Ma
I totally disagree with the premise that al Qaeda is on the path to defeat. Quite the contrary, al Qaeda has deliberately decentralized its operations - not because of the relentless attacks we have had on its national leadership in Pakistan, but because its strategic objective is to dominate and control Muslim countries in the region.
The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.
— J. Paul Getty
Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance.
— J. Donald Walters
In some countries we have had the right to vote for less than 100 years, so the entry of women into political leadership has caused a tsunami.
— Iveta Radicova
In addition to removing our democratically elected government, Israel wants to sow dissent among Palestinians by claiming that there is a serious leadership rivalry among us. I am compelled to dispel this notion definitively.
— Ismail Haniyeh
The world need strong leadership for women's rights.
— Isabella Lovin
There needs to be leadership in the heartland of America.
— Isaac Hanson
Our emerging workforce is not interested in command-and-control leadership. They don't want to do things because I said so; they want to do things because they want to do them.
If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.
