Michael Mandelbaum Quotes

Leadership starts with understanding responsibility, not ability. Leadership is a Stewardship, not a show.

In the kingdom, the greater our responsibilities, the greater is our need to see ourselves as servants.

It is the solemn obligation of a leader always to be a leader. Even when - perhaps especially when - you don't feel like being a leader.

Our people expect the best of us. They send us to take care of the people's business, and those of us who take hold of that responsibility understand that's what it's really about.

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.

Ask not what the role can do for you; ask what you can do for the role.

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

Keep your eye on what you're responsible to and what you're responsible for, and that'll keep you right.

You have to step up when your number is called.

In the military, I learned that 'leadership' means raising your hand and volunteering for the tough, important assignments.

May the spirit of devotion to duty which inspires us always dominate this Committee's conferences!

That I should lay down my charge at a proper period is as much a duty as to have borne it faithfully.

I feel deeply responsible as a leader to pay it forward.

It's like I learned in the military: the officers always ate last. When you're responsible for people, that's how it should be.

I have to take care of my family, my team, and my legacy.

In carrying out every aspect of our work, CIA officers are guided by a professional ethos that is the sum of our abiding principles, core values, and highest aspirations. These include service, integrity, excellence, courage, teamwork, and stewardship. Sacrifice, too, is an inescapable part of our mission.

Every great leader knows that his or her role comes with responsibility for those who follow him or her, and in ensuring they provide value in return for their loyalty.

Big people take care of little people; we must live up to that trust.

To me, the Presidency and the Vice-Presidency were not prizes to be won, but a duty to be done.

The leader sees leadership as responsibility rather than as rank and privilege.

I can't leave India helpless. This responsibility must be taken and I will continue to do so. For all good and bad things, it is my responsibility. I do not regret anything. I believe, people of the country have given me the responsibility and I must fulfill it.

Leadership is not a rank or a position, it is a choice - a choice to look after the person to the left of us & the person to the right of us.

We become leaders when we accept the responsibility to protect those in our care.

Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.

A good leader takes care of those in their charge. A bad leader takes charge of those in their care.