Tough Leader Quotes

#1. In some circles Stalin has in fact been making a comeback. His portrait hangs above the dashboard of trucks, a symbol of blue- collar nostalgia for a tough leader.

Serge Schmemann

#2. As a leader, I am tough on myself and I raise the standard for everybody; however, I am very caring because I want people to excel at what they are doing so that they can aspire to be me in the future.

Indra Nooyi

#3. You have to be a well-rounded leader. You can't fly by the seat of your pants anymore. You have to be incredibly tough-minded about standards of performance, but you also have to be incredibly tenderhearted with the people you're working with.

Douglas Conant

#4. I have decided to endorse Governor John Kasich for president because he is a leader who has a proven record of delivering results. John turned Ohio around at a tough time, and I believe he can do the same for our country.

Rob Portman

#5. Grace remits sin, and peace quiets the conscience. Sin and conscience torment us, but Christ has overcome these fiends now and forever.

Martin Luther

#6. Leadership grows like tall trees. It needs both toughness and flexibility - toughness for accountability - flexibility to adapt changes with a compassionate & caring heart for self and others.

Amit Ray

#7. I've decided to run for the U.S. Senate because I believe Wisconsin families need a senator who will work hard to deliver results for the middle class - a leader with the courage to do what's right, no matter how tough the odds or how powerful the special interests we have to fight.

Tammy Baldwin

#8. The tough choice facing CIOs is not about only picking one identity as either being strategic or tactical, but about - when acting as a strategic leader, when playing as a tactical manager.

Pearl Zhu

#9. A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must ... be undaunted when the going gets tough.

Ronald Reagan

#10. Thank God for the tough times. They are the reason you are there - to be the leader. If everything was going well, the people wouldn't need you!

John C. Maxwell

#11. Greatness as a leader is measured in part by your willingness to accept daunting challenges. Achieving tough goals requires practicing the secret of commitment: Risk all to win all.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

#12. My dad - who was a tough guy, a Green Beret - always looked nice and wore these bright Sansabelt pants. He always said, "You have two options: You can be a follower or you can be a leader. And you don't ever want to follow anybody." And that's kind of become my philosophy about everything.

Bubba Watson

#13. To make your Opinion Count,
you have to do something more
than just making Money.

Vineet Raj Kapoor

#14. The new book is a result of my well-documented ... absorption in Samurai movie culture. It's called 'The 47th Samurai: A Bob Lee Swagger novel,' and it takes Bob to Japan in search of the sword his father recovered on Iwo that has gone missing under extremely violent circumstances.

Stephen Hunter

#15. It is very hard to be a female leader. While it is assumed that any man, no matter how tough, has a soft side ... and female leader is assumed to be one-dimensional.

Billie Jean King

#16. Donald Trump is a leader. He produces results and is ready to get tough in order to protect American jobs and families.

Joe Arpaio

#17. The Christian leader of the future is called to be completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offer but his or her own vulnerable self.

Henri J.M. Nouwen

#18. The fundamental job of a toddler is to rule the universe.

Lawrence Kutner

#19. Fighting by itself doesn't interest me anymore. I want to help people, the black people and I need any kind of media to spread my thought: God, charity, peace.

Muhammad Ali

#20. If you don't believe in what you are saying, there is no point in your saying it. You might as well call it a day and go bowling.

Anne Lamott

#21. A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.

Douglas MacArthur

#22. The words a leader speaks are important, of course. But how they're delivered can make all the difference, especially in tough times.

John Baldoni

#23. Healey's First Law Of Holes: When in one, stop digging.

Denis Healey

#24. Most corporate name changes are the result of mergers and acquisitions. But these tend to be unimaginative.

James Surowiecki

#25. Notoriously outspoken, his sentences always punctuated with profanities, General George S. Patton was the epitome of what a leader should be like - or so he thought. Patton believed a leader should look and act tough, so he cultivated his image and his personality to match his philosophy.

Simon Sinek

#26. So he was good-looking and he had a great set of thighs. Chickens had nice thighs, too.

Dakota Cassidy

#27. Lastly, 'Hang tough!' Never, ever give up regardless of the adversity. If you are a leader, a fellow who other fellows look to, you have to keep going.

Dick Winters