John Terry Quotes

It matters whether women sit at the table. No one speaks up for you when you are standing outside with your nose pressed up against the glass. You cannot window-shop for power.

I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it.

People want to hear what I have to say and respect what I say.

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

There is only one way to respond to the issue of leadership and that is to lead.

Opinion is power.

Although I have lost my gavel, I have not lost my voice. I will be heard from.

I've put a lot of thought into being a leader.

I want people to be able to give their voice.

When you got a chance to speak out about something, I feel like you should, and a lot of people will follow you around the country.

I'm like the youth's big brother now. I have to be that voice for them.

Power is the ability to take one's place in whatever discourse is essential to action and the right to have one's part matter.

Power is the relation of a given person to other persons, in which the more this person expresses opinions, theories and justifications of the collective action the less is his participation in that action.

Sound opinions are valueless. What matters is who holds them.

Surely whoever speaks to me in the right voice, him or her shall I follow.

A Different World was run by black women, Debbie Allen and Yvette Lee Bowser. Lead writer Susie Fales-Hill was a hero of mine, because she was 28 when she was running one of the top shows on television. Going to work every day and seeing black women in charge made that normal to me.

Leadership is a choice. It's not a rank, it's a choice. I know many people who are at the top of their organization who have authority. We have to do what they say because they have authority over us. But they're not leaders. We wouldn't follow them. They may be at the top of the company but they're not leaders.

Power educates the potentate.

It is time to leave. Oprah has spoken.

He had the attitude that he could do anything, and therefore so can you. He put his life in my hands. So that made me do something I didn't think I could do.... If you trust him, you can do things. If he's decided that something should happen, then he's just going to make it happen. (Elizabeth Holmes)

Distinguish between power and control, delegate, be decisive - and always remember people's first names.

MAKE STATEMENTS also applies to us women: Speak in statements instead of apologetic questions. No one wants to go to a doctor who says, “I’m going to be your surgeon? I’m here to talk to you about your procedure? I was first in my class at Johns Hopkins, so?” Make statements, with your actions and your voice.

A people unused to restraint must be led, they will not be drove.

The purpose of influence is to "speak up for those who have no influence." (Pr.31:8) It's not about you.

Leaders have to lead.