Quotes About Leadership

Well, I once recall an old master sergeant once telling me that NCOs look after the men so that officers can figure out how to get them killed. That's the difference between maintenance and command.

Prepare a crossing party, snapped Horyse. A single person to cross. Miss Abhorsen, here. And Sergeant, if you or Private Rahise so much as talk in your sleep about what you may have heard here, then you'll be on gravedigging fatigues for the rest of your lives!

What's wrong with this city! Like I said, no one's really in charge. Mayor and council are afraid to do anything in case the sorcerers don't like it. So they don't do anything. Someone should do something, Anya growled. She rowed on in silence for a while after that, thinking. It was easy to say someone should do something but rather more difficult to put it into practice.

Madness is unfortunately not incompatible with government.

He fixed things with talk far more often than with force. But what people remembered and talked about was always the action.

How could anyone even start to put it all back together?' 'You start small,' said Dehlia. The raven had a very particular stare. Her single eye, bright with moonshine, was focused on Anya in a very alarming way. 'With a Quest to save one of those small kingdoms, and set it to rights, and have its ruler swear to uphold the bill. Then you go on from there.

Who in an orchestra is most likely to be struck by lightning?" he called to his children. "The conductor.

Will Morven be a good queen? Um, said Anya, flustered. She's the oldest... Bert's eyes opened wider, questioningly. And that makes her fit to rule? Tell me, in your reading, do you study history?

And your otter friend is eating by ... or in ... the pool. But it is as well that you should check. That is the mark of a leader.

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

As the British statesman and Rothschild confidante Benjamin Disraeli wrote in Coningsby: So you see, my dear Coningsby, that the world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.

Achieving great accomplishments doesn't matter much if everyone who helps you get there dies along the way." Paul White

Moses' arms soon became so tired he could no longer hold them up. So Aaron and Hur . . . stood on each side of Moses, holding up his hands. —Exodus 17:12

Sam sniffed the sea air. He had years of experience dealing with prickly personalities. I'll get them on board and get it done!

But when Peter came to Antioch, I had to oppose him to his face, for what he did was very wrong. —Galatians 2:11

I led Israel along with my ropes of kindness and love. —Hosea 11:4

I will lead blind Israel down a new path, guiding them along an unfamiliar way. I will brighten the darkness before them. —Isaiah 42:16

He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will carry the lambs in his arms, holding them close to his heart. He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young. —Isaiah 40:11

As a result, you have become an example to all the believers in Greece— throughout both Macedonia and Achaia. —1 Thessalonians 1:7

The Lord knows I shouldn't have done that . . ." he said to his men. "The Lord forbid that I . . . attack the Lord's anointed one, for the Lord himself has chosen him." —1 Samuel 24:6

You have the authority to correct them when necessary, so don't let anyone disregard what you say. —Titus 2:15

For I will be with you as I was with Moses. I will not fail you or abandon you. —Joshua 1:5

When you have some authority, use it to promote love, respect, and cooperation. — Gene Farmer —

Dear brothers and sisters, honor those who are your leaders in the Lord's work. They work hard among you and give you spiritual guidance. —1 Thessalonians 5:12