Quotes About Leadership

Madam, I pray you, be governed by me, or some other wise person. With respect, you are a woman and in need of masculine guidance.

In my view, sire, anyone who actively campaigns for public office disqualifies himself for holding any office at all!

President Franklin Roosevelt] was a great tickler of sacred cows not bred on his own pastures.

Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians.

I just pulled together Paul's ideas," Arrowsmith said. "When you work with Paul, you know, he has very strong ideas about what he wants.

Henry was right to observe that two players left Wings, and Paul hadn't asked why. But Paul hadn't asked why because he knew the answer. The dispute that led to McCullough's departure mirrored fights he'd had with Harrison over what to play and how to play it, as well as Lennon's complaint, in that painful Rolling Stone interview, about Paul treating them as sidemen. He was, once again, accused by his bandmates of being a control freak.

It is an illusion that once upon a time managers could make their direct reports do whatever was needed. Nobody has ever had enough authority—they never have and never will. Organizational life is too complicated for that.

Influence at work requires that you know what you are doing, have reasonable plans, are competent at the task at hand.

Credibility through action. First, he bought himself time to do his homework. Then by terminating the two engineers who weren't competent in their positions, he increased his credibility with Fred as a person who could take action.

The blindness of the powerful that is a consequence of large power gaps often prevents them from seeing the benefits to them and the organization of having or helping strengthen strong players below.

One of the authors, then a department head, found that this worked when a colleague was trying to manipulate and bully him (about office space); looking right at the colleague and loudly saying, "Don't mess with me, Jack. I teach negotiations!" made him back off. Jack was much nicer from then on, because he assumed his ploys wouldn't work.

La meilleure facon d'imposer une idée aux autres, c'est de leur faire croire qu'elle vient d'eux

The boys teach; the Scoutmaster tests.

Troop 75 of Ridgefield

Troop 75 of Ridgefield, Connecticut.

If you stay neutral, you're in the wrong as an Eagle Scout. In my vision, being an Eagle Scouts is actively trying to do good.

selfless Scoutmasters gave us their time not because they knew what we'd become, but because they knew what we could become.

If you don't think I'm a princess then you're 100% right, I'm the fucking queen.

POLITICIAN, n. An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of organized society is reared. When he wriggles he mistakes the agitation of his tail for the trembling of an edifice. As compared with the statesman, he suffers the disadvantage of being alive.

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, brain is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.

To expect that men who do not honorably and intelligently conduct their private affairs will honorably and intelligently conduct the affairs of the community is to be a fool.

HISTORY, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.

ADMIRAL, n. That part of a war-ship which does the talking while the figure-head does the thinking.

Democracy is a wonderful thing, Mr Burnham,' he said wistfully. 'It is a marvellous tamasha that keeps the common people busy so that men like ourselves can take care of all matters of importance. I hope one day India will also be able to enjoy these advantages—and China too, of course.