Condoleezza Rice Quotes

I've always been a leader. Every team I've played on, I've led my way.

I do tend to be a leader in situations in my own life.

Women often come up not knowing how to make decisions. We get wishy-washy. We become great wage earners - breadwinners - but we don't know how to control empires.

I've always been a leader my whole life. I've always led. I didn't know how to do anything else.

I'm very tough. Come to a council meeting, and you'll see it.

At one point, people are going to have to realize that maybe I know what I'm doing.

I took a gamble to exercise leadership without losing my feminine nature.

Guys need to know when to take charge.

I don't have to make examples out of players to establish my own place. I don't feel like I have to.

I bring values, resiliency, a thick skin, and I'm not afraid to be confrontational. I don't remember anyone before bringing that to the table.

I think my best work is when I'm kind of in charge.

I'm quite modest. I don't want to tell people I'm a leader.

A leader with no doubts leads badly.

Making music is an emotional thing. And when you're on a video shoot with 50 people there, you have to somehow, in a non-emotional way, say what you want and not feel guilty for it. And that takes growing up and that takes... not caring how people perceive you as much. And it just takes experience, I think.

I'm so weak at saying no.

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.

The skills necessary to change nappies or negotiate Brexit are obviously very different, but both involve a great deal of trust in the competence of the people doing the job.

Some people confuse confidence with arrogance. There's no doubt in the business world there are a few big egos and I think arrogance can get in the way. But if you have the confidence to go to your higher superior and say this is wrong, it can make a difference.

I consider myself a leader. I am not a follower.

I'm very confident with who I am and how I lead, and I'm a problem solver and like to keep myself on my toes.

If you're a coach, you've got to have a lot of confidence in what you're doing. Your egos are so large that you know it all anyway if you're a coach.

What's crazy is, my whole life I been a leader. I'm not a follower.

I was always the captain of every club I played for, so I would expect to be somebody who put themselves forward.

You been around enough to see that if you think you're it, you better check with me.

Take the place and attitude to which you see your unquestionable right, and all men acquiesce.