“Bin Laden was 200 miles away from the area where all of these drone strikes were taking out his key leaders in al-Qaida. He was able to indulge in his hobbies... He was making occasional video tapes and audio tapes for release to the wider world.” WorldAbleLeaderKeysAreasStrikesMilesVideoTapeHobbiesIndulgeOccasionalBin LadenIndulge InDronesMiles AwayAudio Author:Peter Bergen
“Forgiving behavior is dealing with situations as they arise in an assertive manner and then letting go of any lingering resentment. As the leader, if you are not able to let go of the resentment, it will consume you and render you ineffective.” IfsAbleSituationLeaderLetting GoBehaviorForgivingAriseResentmentLingeringAssertive Author:James Hunter
“A political leader who desires to be useful to the revolutionary proletariat must be able to distinguish concrete cases of compromises that are inexcusable and are an expression of opportunism and treachery.” AblePoliticalDesireLeaderCasesExpressionCompromiseRevolutionaryConcreteProletariatTreacheryPolitical LeadersOpportunism Author:Vladimir Lenin
“I've been able to dine with presidents, with leaders of corporations, traveled for 14 years with (financier and philanthropist) Michael Milken, who has taught me so much about life. Hanging around with them, it's nothing I could have believed in grade school. I could be with all of them? Milton Berle, Don Rickles, Dean Martin ... this former third-string pitcher from the Norristown High baseball team and the son of an Italian immigrant? I really am in awe when I think that has happened to me. What a life.” ThinkingYearsAbleSchoolPresidentLeaderHappenedTeamTaughtSonBaseballThirdsFormerCorporationsAweGradesImmigrantsStringsItalianTraveledPitcherDeanPhilanthropistMiltonHanging AroundDineGrades In SchoolFinanciersBaseball Team Author:Tommy Lasorda
“In the long term, we've got to defeat an ideology of hate with an ideology of hope. There' a reason why people like [Al-Qaida leader Osama] bin Laden are able to recruit suiciders, because if you don't have hope, you're attracted to an ideology which says, it's OK to kill people and kill yourself.” PeopleIfsLongReasonAbleHateTermLeaderDefeatIdeologyReason WhyLong TermAlsBin LadenHaving HopeOsama Bin LadenRecruitKilling Yourself Author:George W. Bush
“It is one thing being able to contest an election and to give the people hope that I can be the next prime minister. It is a totally different situation where the people of Pakistan are told that the results are already taken and the leader of your choice is banned.” PeopleGivingI CanDifferentAbleChoicesNextResultsSituationLeaderTakenOne ThingElectionMinistersPrimeContestsPrime MinisterPakistanBannedAlready Taken Author:Benazir Bhutto
“There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader.” InspirationalImportantAbleBeliefStrongLeadershipQualityLeaderStrengthGreatnessSelf ImprovementSticksCharacteristicsBusiness SuccessGreat LeaderBeliveQualities Of A Leader Author:Rudy Giuliani
“I have always been thankful that so many of our countrys greatest leaders and statesmen were able to be on this earth at the same time and place to draft the Constitution.” AbleEarthLeaderConstitutionStatesmen Author:Bob Latta
“It's very difficult to evaluate a leader in a very short-term perspective because to be a leader you must be able to have a long-term perspective. You must be able to carry changes which take many years. And this is why you can really only see whether it has been a good leadership after some years have passed.” YearsLongHas BeensAbleDifficultTermLeadershipLeaderPerspectiveLong TermShort TermEvaluateGood LeaderGood Leadership Author:Gro Harlem Brundtland