"A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world." - John UpdikeTweet
"The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang." - Mary Kay AshTweet
"What we heard today was not fiscal leadership from our Commander-in-Chief, what we heard today was a political broadside from our Campaigner-in-Chief." - Paul RyanTweet
"I believe that in Europe, we have a collective leadership." - Mario MontiTweet
"I'm floored that the House leadership would turn its back on job creation for Mississippians." - Haley BarbourTweet
"I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people... to seize this opportunity and thereby begin to end the isolation and suffering of the Iraqi people." - Kofi AnnanTweet
"Unfortunately, the Republican leadership in the House right now seems to have been strangled by the tea party." - Debbie Wasserman SchultzTweet
"We have now under President Obama's leadership had 29 months in a row of private sector job growth. That stretch of positive private sector job growth hasn't happened since 2005. We still have a long way to go, but we are moving in the right direction." - Martin O'MalleyTweet
"A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better." - Jim RohnTweet
"You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I've learned, each person on a team is an extension of your leadership if they feel empowered by you they will magnify your power to lead." - Tom RidgeTweet