Bold Leadership Quotes

Remember: you cannot build a better mouse trap by fixing the old one - NewCo demands active ownership, and that activity is not the sum of doing multiple jobs but, instead, the sum of implementing paradigm-shifting changes that create new industries and solutions.

Innovation is the running theme and spirit of the policies adopted by the Chinese government, and it is the banner that we will always hold high.

At Nintendo, we do not run from risk. We run to it.

Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling, in hosting the G20 summit and in the budget, must display the same boldness in tackling the instability at home that they do in promoting a worldwide answer to the global meltdown.

The Growth and Opportunity Project is the most successful reexamination of a national party in modern times. Te disciplined focus of Chairman Reince Priebus has turned its suggestions into realities that are changing the political setting of elections. No one should underestimate the boldness of these changes and the courage they took.

The days of Democrats biding our time, biting our tongue, and triangulating at the margins are over.

Entrepreneurs almost always have to step out of existing institutions that embody old ways of doing things to build their vision.

It's unusual for elected officials to step outside of the box.

There are quite enough sheep already - be a shepherd: be somebody who's bold and who leads.

Passivity is fatal to us.

The definition of strong leadership is not about making decisions that are popular. Making popular decisions is easy - you don't need to be a leader to do that. The definition of strong leadership is to make decisions that are unpopular, but are nevertheless sound.

You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness.

The most critical need of the church at this moment is men, bold men, free men. The church must seek, in prayer and much humility, the coming again of men made of the stuff of which prophets and martyrs are made.

You must first publicly avow that the constitution of the state is a shackle upon free and liberal legislation; and is, therefore, of as little use in the present enlightened age, as an almanac of the year in which the instrument was framed. There is policy in this measure, by making the constitution a mere dead letter, your headlong proceedings will be attributed to a bold and unshackled mind, whereas, it might otherwise be thought they arose from sheer mulish ignorance.

Startups, by their nature, are entrepreneurial - testing new things, launching new products, and disrupting themselves. That's why you join a startup in the first place - to create, to stretch beyond your current capabilities, and to make an outsized impact.

… when I proposed to introduce the flat tax in Estonia they looked on me as I am a little bit crazy. And asked “do you know something on the economy?” and I answer “economically, no not so much.” But I think this is a great idea because it looks to work. And I didn’t know then that I would be the first one to see this, but I introduced it. I was 32, I was young and crazy, so I didn’t know what is possible and what's not, so I did impossible things.

I like guts in my leaders.

Successful leaders have the courage to take action while others hesitate.

The best leaders don't set timid and selfish goals but instead set bold targets that may be harder to achieve.

Kanye is the leading eagle: he's like the president who stands up for kids like us who have ideas.

You have it within your grasp to be regarded as one of the greatest legislative sessions in the history of the state. If you're bold and if you're ready to aggressively reach for our future, all the ingredients are here. The opportunities are waiting for us.

We are returned to office to change the course of history—nothing less.

In every growing church you will find leadership that is not afraid to believe God.

Our country needs more bold, conservative leaders that will actually do what they promised to do prior to coming to Washington D.C.

I think if you're an entrepreneur, you've got to dream big and then dream bigger.