Mikhail Gorbachev Quotes

Accountability goes hand in hand with reform.

As a company commander you have absolute definitions: the mission, the people.

I'm committed to structural changes.

I have really enjoyed the responsibility of leading the team and making the decisions out there.

I have to be a leader now. I need to shoulder responsibility more than I used to. It's changed me, but I'm OK with that.

I think associate director jobs are the best in the world, because you can do what you want and not have to take responsibility for it!

It is not always the job of people shouting outside impressive buildings to solve problems. It is often the job of the people inside, who have paper, pens, desks, and an impressive view.

People want guidance, not rhetoric. They need to know what the plan of action is, and how it will be implemented. They want to be given responsibility to help solve the problem and authority to act on it.

I'm very much a leader in a lot of the work that I do or that I've done in my career.

It's so much easier to throw rocks than it is to govern.

It's my job as governor to set a vision.

I realize that as the quarterback, you have to assume some sort of leadership role because you have to talk in the huddle on every play, and you're essentially giving out orders to the team. But in my mind, I have to prove myself on the field before I can start asserting a leadership role.

I don't see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.

For me, leadership is making a difference. It's using your agency to bring about change.

At the state level, we must take a careful look at what went wrong and make sure it never happens again. The buck stops here, and as your governor, I take full responsibility.

To remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential.

Leadership is about vision and responsibility, not power.

The mandate given to me was one of change.

If I'm a leader, I have a mission.

When you're the director, you kinda do all the work.

Leadership is an ever-evolving position.

The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out a central line to resolve it.

I believe that all students, when asked to be accountable for their actions and to be socially aware citizens, will become agents for change!

It is time for a leader who will lead.

Something goes wrong, I yell at them -'Fix it'- whether it's their fault or not. You can only really yell at the players you trust.