Tupac Shakur Quotes

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.

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.

A coach's greatest asset is his sense of responsibility - the reliance placed on him by his players.

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.

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.

Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.

You are on the ground. You see the needs of the situation, and I shall back up whatever you do.

My manager has been my manager since I was 17, and he says that he's supposed to be smart for me when I can't do it for myself.

I miss being the focal point of the team - the guy everyone looks to for decisions. And guidance.

People look to me for guidance or responsibility. People put a lot of stuff on me as a symbol of something, which is nothing I opted into, but it's a responsibility I take seriously regardless.

I've always tried to be a leader.

I want to make sure when my team is having difficulties, they can count on me.

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

To get the best out of your men, they must feel that you are their real leader and must know that they can depend upon you.

Trust is equal parts character and competence... You can look at any leadership failure, and it's always a failure of one or the other.

One problem with being a leader, is that even among your friends you are alone, for it is you -- and you alone -- to whom the others look for final guidance.

I would not be a Moses to lead you into the Promised Land, because if I could lead you into it, someone else could lead you out of it.

And the people I have been accountable to every single day in the Senate are the 27 million Texans who I represent and I made a promise to them that I make to you today, which is, if I am elected, every single day I will do two things: tell the truth, and do what I said I would do.

Somebody has to take responsibility for being a leader.

When you are captain, you are never speaking for yourself.

In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.

I love that we can trust Barack to do what he says he's going to do, even when it's hard - especially when it's hard.

Character in leadership is the most important balance for leadership. Without character, leaders have no safety. Leadership has no protection without character.

Gotta watch out for directors.

David Bruce, I think, is one of the outstanding persons for whom I've ever worked. He had a sense of balance. He was interested in everything that went on in the Embassy. He delegated authority, but at the same time when you needed the Ambassador's help on anything, you could go to him, and he would immediately respond.