Quotes About Leadership

He has trained himself not to sleep; he is leading teams of surveyors outside the city walls; his soldiers at the Throat Cutter have launched

We are a volley of bullets, sing the newest cadets, we are cannonballs. We are the tip of the sword.

We shall march onwards, Even if everything crashes down in pieces; For today the nation hears us, And tomorrow the world!

Yesterday she walked three hours to harvest water lilies from a lake so her kids would have something to eat. And what do our most enlightened leaders suggest we do? Switch to e-billing. Buy three LED bulbs and get a free tote bag. Earth has eight billion people to feed and the extinction rate is a thousand times higher than it was at pre-human levels.

The Claudii had produced Consuls in every generation since the foundation of the Republic and over the centuries had built up a well-deserved reputation for high-handedness and violence. In one typical incident, a Claudius was leading a Roman fleet into battle. The sacred chickens refused to give a favorable omen by feeding on some corn that was put out for them. So Claudius had them flung into the sea, with the words: "If they won't eat, then let them drink.

Victories in the field," he commented, "count for little if the right decisions are not taken at home.

The general was sufficiently impressed by the young man to ask him to go back to Italy with him. His back to the wall, Atticus for once in his life refused to do a powerful man's bidding. "No, please, I beg you," he replied. "I left Italy to avoid fighting you alongside those you want to lead me against." Sulla liked his candor and let the matter drop.

vital political truth: military victory can be secured only by reconciliation with the defeated. Although most empire-builders in the ancient world

According to Dio, he promised not to "take any cruel action simply because I have conquered

The war against Sextus Pompeius would not have been won without him

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he was also convinced that a strong executive authority should replace the incompetent competitive cockpit of Senatorial government.

WHAT NOW TOOK PLACE FLOWED from a mismatch of expectations between the dictator and the political nation

Completely trusted, he became (in effect) Octavian's deputy—nearly his equal, but always a step behind when on parade.

yet eager to command others;

and called for Augustus to be appointed dictator.

Caesar was a commander of genius; he was decisive, brave, and, even in the heat of battle capable of creative thinking

In 35 B.C., Sextus Pompeius was executed, presumably with Antony's approval.

There was no hesitation now to address Octavian as Caesar;

Wanting to prove himself as a general, he invaded the rest of Gaul (central and northern France and Belgium).

Antony was eventually persuaded to back Octavian and abandon any thought of going over to Sextus.

Caesar himself almost certainly did not aim at kingship.

the princeps would often arrive late and leave early, letting his guests start and finish without him.

and in so doing created an experienced army that would follow wherever he led.