Quotes About Leadership

Bureaucracy destroys initiative. There is little that bureaucrats hate more than innovation, especially innovation which produces better results than the old routines. Improvements always make those at the top of the heap look inept. Who enjoys appearing inept?

Quem governa assume uma responsabilidade irrevogável pelos governados. Você é um fazendeiro. Isso exige, em certo momentos, um ato de amor altruísta que talvez pareça apenas divertido para aqueles a quem você governa.

plan depends as much upon execution as it does upon concept.

Have they taught you about democracy?" "Yes, sir. That's where you vote for—" "That's where you distrust anyone with power over you!

Give as few orders as possible,' his father had told him … once … long ago. 'Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject.

Power tends to isolate those who hold too much of it. Eventually, they lose touch with reality . . . and fall.

Every people subjugated by the jihad now dreams of a leader to come.

Demokrasilerde seçmenler günah keçilerinin sergilenmesi suretiyle yönlendirilebilir. Kahrolsun zenginler, açgözlüler, suçlular, aptal liderler vs.

They'll call me…Muad'Dib, 'The One Who Points the Way.

We cannot have such inept chess players in our employ.

Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject.

It is wise to have decisions of great moment monitored by generalists. Experts and specialists lead you quickly into chaos. They are a source of useless nit-picking, the ferocious quibble over a comma.

Kaybedince, iyi karar verme yeteneÄŸini de kaybetmiÅŸ olduk. Bugünlerde bir düÅŸman?n üstüne atlar gibi atl?yoruz kararlar?n üstüne...ya da bekleyip bekleyip ki bu da bir anlamda pes etmektir, baÅŸkalar?n?n kararlar?n?n bizi harekete geçirmesine izin veriyoruz. Bu ak?nt?n?n oluÅŸmas?n? saÄŸlayanlar?n bizler olduÄŸunu unuttuk mu?

The aristocrat's unspoken duty—to teach, and sometimes by horrible example.

And Paul thought: Gurney's one of those the Reverend Mother meant, a supporter of worlds—"…the valor of the brave.

Ä°nsan, eski ac?lar?ndan, bir y?lan?n derisinden s?yr?ld??? gibi s?yr?lmal?d?r...yaln?zca yenilerini oluÅŸturmak ve onlar?n bütün s?n?rlamalar?n? kabul etmek için. Yönetimler için de durum böyledir...

For proper government, the tribe must have ways to choose men whose lives reflect the way a government should behave.

Ä°yi yönetimler hiçbir zaman kanunlara dayanmaz, yönetenlerin kiÅŸisel niteliklerine dayan?r. Yönetim mekanizmas? daima bu mekanizmay? idare edenlerin isteÄŸine baÄŸl?d?r. Bu yüzden, yönetimin en önemli unsuru, liderleri seçme yöntemidir.

Sietch Tabr is mine. I rule here. I am a Naib of the Fremen. Without me there would have been no Muad'Dib. These twins, now . . . through Chani, their mother and my kinswoman, my blood flows in their veins. I am there with Muad'Dib and Chani and all the others. What have we done to our universe?

I must rule with eye and claw—as the hawk among lesser birds.

Good government never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate to the will of those who administer that machinery. The most important element of government, therefore, is the method of choosing leaders.

Grave this on your memory, lad: A world is supported by four things... She held up four big-knuckled fingers. .. the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these are as nothing... She closed her fingers into a fist. .. without a ruler who knows the art of ruling. Make that the science of your tradition!

A world is supported by four things…." She held up four big-knuckled fingers. "…the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these are as nothing…." She closed her fingers into a fist. "…without a ruler who knows the art of ruling.

The problem of leadership is inevitably: Who will play God? —MUAD'DIB, FROM THE ORAL HISTORY