Jeffrey Lurie Quotes

Gotta watch out for directors.

There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the big dog, waiting to see where the dog wants to go so he can take him there.

You may give give a man office, but you cannot give him discretion

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

All leaders share something in common. They feel they are the only ones who can do the job.

I'm not the manager because I'm always right, but I'm always right because I'm the manager.

For good or ill, I'm a person of leadership. I do my best. I don't dodge responsibility.

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives.

The great irony of management is that the higher up you go, the less actual control you have. When you are but a humble coder, you make the computer do exactly what you want; when you're a manager, you only hope that people understand what you want, and then trust/pray that they do it both correctly and in a timely manner.

In politics, as in business, leadership is crucial.

Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power.

The best people to have power are the ones who don't want it.

I think our leadership team is a highly accountable leadership team.

At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.

I think it is important for people who are given leadership roles to assume that role immediately.

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

I was the network president. I thought I knew everything.

Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.

One of the sad truths about leadership is that, the higher up the ladder you travel, the less you know.

I wanted the influence. In the end I wasn't very good at being a president. I looked out of the window and thought that the man cutting the lawn actually seemed to have more control over what he was doing.

Leadership demands that we make tough choices.

No matter how many or how few people you have reporting to you, you must remember that as you climb higher in the ranks, your words will be taken as commands even if you're just thinking out loud.

I am learning how to delegate and how to empower people.

The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.

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