Quotes About Leadership

true authority came from sharing the hard work, not attempting to place oneself above it.

Will to Gundar: I'm looking for fighting men. I plan to sack a castle, and I hear you people are rather good at that.

Surrounded by followers, he was alone.

What if Halt were wrong?

Halt nodded at him gratefully. "Exactly. We need to elelct a leader - and give him the power to make decisions and the authority to have those decisions obeyed and carried through. Otherwise we're like a band of headless chickens." "But dangerous chickens nonetheless," Leander said with a faint smile.

Halt nodded at him gratefully. "Exactly. We need to elect a leader - and give him the power to make decisions and the authority to have those decisions obeyed and carried through. Otherwise we're like a band of headless chickens." "But dangerous chickens nonetheless," Leander said with a faint smile.

He ate what his men ate. No more.

I'm his first mate," he said firmly. From the crowd below, they heard a cackle of laughter. "Good for you, boy! A first mate should always stick up for his skirl!" "Shut up, Svengal," Erak said, without looking.

A Ranger carries the lives of two dozen men with him, the old saying went. Edwina thought then that John Buttle might need to watch his

John Flanagan

Finally, he made out Hal and pointed to him. "You! On your feet! The Gatmeister wants to talk to you." Hal began to rise, but Ingvar laid a warning hand on his arm. "Don't go, Hal," he said urgently. Hal smiled at him and gently disengaged himself. "It's all right, Ingvar. Talking can't hurt." He had no idea how wrong he was.

Advance," he said softly. Then, as the bugler beside him didn't hear the words, he turned, his face expressionless, and whipped the man across the face with his leather-covered steel riding crop.

Then he gave the order he'd always wanted to issue. "Let's get 'em, boys!

Weet je, onze wereld, of liever de reikwijdte van onze invloed en belangen in die wereld, wordt met de dag groter, Will. Die gaat verder dan de grenzen van ons leen, verder dan de grenzen van ons land zelfs. - Crowley

John Flanagan

Ranger carries the lives of two dozen men with him, the old saying went.

I am the King, after all.

Let go the ropes! Down sail! Do it! Do it! Do it!" There was no real need for those final instructions. The other boys were every bit as tense as he was. But he couldn't restrain himself.

U bent een uitstekende koning, sire. En uw dochter zal een uitstekende koningin worden. Maar dan moet u haar wel de kans gunnen en geven om in die rol te groeien.

Ranger carries the lives of two dozen men with him

Too many of them see it as an "us and them" situation, Crowley had said when he briefed Will for the posting. After all, it is part of our task to keep tabs on them, to assess their battle readiness and their level of skill and training. Some Barons and Battlemasters don't like that. They like to believe they're running their own race and they don't care to have Rangers watching over their shoulders.

A good leader is someone who knows what he's bad at, and hires someone who's good at it to take care of it for him.

You know," he said to Halt, without any trace of a smile, "it might have been simpler to have the two girls board her with their practice swords." They exchanged a long look, then Halt shook his head. "I needed to leave some of them alive.

T'inquiète pas, chef. Ces Tualaghi, on les a cernés... De l'intérieur.