Susan Sarandon Quotes

Anyone can steer a ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course

Leadership is more than just managing economic reforms. Leadership means giving broad direction, take up challenges which other people cannot do.

Vision is the most powerful weapon in the leader's arsenal.

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

I always liked the idea of leadership and being a captain.

Leadership matters most, and optimism and unity comes from the leader.

Leaders must lead.

One of the things that I've found in everything that I've done: People want leaders to create a sense of direction and to lead and to act.

As a business owner, leadership is more than just telling others what to do. Leadership is about the investment we make into others and the responsibilities we accept for being the voice and direction that others count on.

I think I am capable of captaincy.

One of the greatest values of mentors is the ability to see ahead what others cannot see and to help them navigate a course to their destination.

The opportunist thinks of me and today. The statesman thinks of us and tomorrow.

Anyone can steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course. Leaders who are good navigators are capable of taking their people just about anywhere.

A leader knows what's best to do; a manager knows merely how best to do it.

You talk about seeing around corners as an element of success. That's what differentiates the good leader. Not many people have it. Not many people can predict that corner. That would be a characteristic of great leaders.

Leadership is the intelligent use of power.

The ability to plan for what has not yet happened, for a future that has only been imagined, is one of the hallmarks of leadership.

You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles. Other people can cope with the waves, it's his job to watch the tide.

Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.

Somebody has to take responsibility for being a leader.

There are people that go ahead, that see problems before the rest, that take decisions before the rest.

Being a leader doesn't mean you are the guy who runs things.

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

Uncertainty is not an indication of poor leadership; it underscores the need for leadership.