Tim Scott Quotes

Leadership offers an opportunity to make a difference in someone's life, no matter what the project.

I understand it's my role to realize people's dreams.

Leaders must wake people out of inertia. They must get people excited about something they've never seen before, something that does not yet exist.

Much of my life has been a devotion to a simple expression: you can Lead Without a Title.

I think now I get to create and inspire more young black girls to continue doing what they love and reach for the stars.

A leader's role is to raise people's aspirations for what they can become and to release their energies so they will try to get there.

Leaders deal in hope.

I think it's what animates our president-elect [Donald Trump] more than anything else, is a belief in the boundless potential of every American to live the American dream.

When you say 'I want to be an inspiring leader,' the operative phrase is 'I want.' This is inherently me-centered and self serving whether or not you recognise it. What you are really saying is 'I want to get people to do what I would like them to.' Perhaps they don't want to do that. So you have to somehow get them there.

I would say a good leader brings results. A great leader writes a new story, it's different. Obviously a new story has to incorporate a lot of results. But a story is a chapter in the life of a company that people want to write and want to remember.

Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.

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.

Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.

While a lab Director can get done the things that he regards as important, he has the more important job of bringing out the best ideas of the broader scientific community.

When you meet someone with a vision, you have to give them a shot and an opportunity to see what they can do.

A great leader also has the ability to make people an inch taller in his presence.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Everybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a dream.

I stand ready to lead us down a different path where we're lifted up by our desire to succeed, not dragged down by a resentment of success.

Women need opportunity and encouragement. If a girl can climb mountains, she can do anything positive within her field of work.

Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.

It is so gratifying to hear from people who look up to you and see you in these places that they never thought they could ever dream to be. It's emotional. You really feel like you're opening up people's minds, who otherwise thought that they couldn't dream big. That's such a huge opportunity. It's such a gift.

Yes, I do strive to be someone young women can look up to.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.