Leadership Roles Quotes - Page 3

• Even after such milestones as Kathryn Bigelow winning an Oscar, there still seem to be few women in leadership roles.

  Julia Stiles

  Winning, Roles, Oscars

  "Julia Stiles has nothing to fear from Dexter ... she's met the Loose Women". Interview with Eleanor Morgan, www.theguardian.com. July 2, 2011.

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• Friends describe me as someone who likes to sing and dance along the edge of the roof. I try to encourage young women to be willing to take risks, to stand up for the things they believe in, and to step up and accept the challenge of serving in leadership roles.

  Wilma Mankiller

  Believe, Challenges, Risk

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• We live in more pragmatic times than when we originally recorded those songs. But many of the dreamers of the '60s have been elected to governmental office or taken on a leadership role in their communities. They are now in the position to make a difference.

  Paul Stookey

  Song, Taken, Differences

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• I am a firm believer that you need a well-defined leadership role to deal with unexpected and non-linear side effects of people working together. You need someone to keep the threads untangled and forming a high-functioning web rather than a big snarl of a Gordian knot.

  Rands

  People, Working Together, Needs

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• I didn't have to step up into a leadership role, ... I just had to be there and help out where I could. But this year I had to be more of the man.

  Landon Donovan

  Men, Years, Roles

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• Often truly authoritative leadership falls on someone who years earlier dedicated themselves to practice the discipline of seeking first the kingdom of God. Then, as that person matures, God confers a leadership role, and the Spirit of God goes to work through him.

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Fall, Years, Practice

  J. Oswald Sanders (2008). “Spiritual Leadership, Spiritual Discipleship, Spiritual Maturity Set of 3 Sanders books”, p.21, Moody Publishers

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• After the Shah's departure from Iran, I will not become a president nor accept any other leadership role. Just like before, I limit my activities only to guiding and directing the people.

  Ruhollah Khomeini

  Iran, People, President

  Le Monde Interview in Paris, January 9, 1979.

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