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Quotes About Leadership

Human beings betray their worst failings when they marvel to find that a world ruler is neither foolishly indolent, presumptuous, nor cruel.
~ Marguerite Yourcenar
Once I had thought chiefly of the man of letters, the traveler, the poet, the lover; none of that had faded, to be sure, but now for the first time I could see among all those figures, standing out with great clarity of line, the most official and yet the most hidden form of all, that of the emperor. The fact of having lived in a world which is toppling around us had taught me the importance of the Prince.
~ Marguerite Yourcenar
One of my best days was the one on which I persuaded a group of seamen from the Archipelago to join in a single corporation in order to deal directly with retailers in the towns. I have never felt myself more usefully employed as a ruler.
~ Marguerite Yourcenar
Self-employed - which was even better. After all, I had the best boss in the world. Even if she was a bit of a Tyrant (Iduna)
~ Mari Mancusi
I am different when my nails are done. I am more dynamic. I gesticulate more, I am better at scaring my staff. I can indicate impatience by drumming on tabletops and I can wrap up a meeting with a few choice clatters.
~ Marian Keyes
arrived here he was still only a senator.
~ Marian Keyes
A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back-but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you.
~ Marian Wright Edelman
To be a princess is to play at life. To be a queen is to be a serious player...The purpose of life as a woman is to ascend to the throne and rule with heart.
~ Marianne Williamson
You playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightening about shrinking so others won't feel insecure around you. As you let your own light shine, you indirectly give others permission to do the same.
~ Marianne Williamson
The purpose of life as a woman is to ascend to the throne and rule with heart.
~ Marianne Williamson
Dear Lord, We pray for the leaders of this country and every other. May they not be swayed by false politics but listen instead to the spirit of truth. May they not harken to the false and bitter voices of a frightened world, but instead hear the angels who minister unto them. May the world make room for their leadership and resist no more their growth into greatness.
~ Marianne Williamson
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
~ Marianne Williamson
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
~ Marianne Williamson
For the One who sourced the writing will also lead the meeting, if she will let Him! In A Course in Miracles, it's written that we should be less concerned about our own readiness, and more consistently aware of His.
~ Marianne Williamson
support of a progressive populist such as Bernie Sanders, or an authoritarian populist such as Donald Trump.
~ Marianne Williamson
A princess attracts a prince, and a queen attracts a king. Women who whine attract men who whine. Women full of the lioness heart attract men who are full of the lion.
~ Marianne Williamson
When we remember our royal inheritance, men will become our true partners, our kings.
~ Marianne Williamson
I choose not to remain at good today, but rather to answer the call to greatness.
~ Marianne Williamson
We won't be led through the storm of this moment, either by those who love this country blindly or by those who condemn her blindly. For the blind cannot see.
~ Marianne Williamson
We must lead with the power of our womanly knowingness and let new careers take shape around it.
~ Marianne Williamson
The biggest problem we have collectively is that our politics lag behind.
~ Marianne Williamson
A lot of people don't want to make their own decisions. They're too scared. It's much easier to be told what to do.
~ Marilyn Manson
an old pastor's anxiety for his church is likewise a forgetfulness of the fact that Christ is Himself the pastor of His people and a faithful presence among them through all generations.
~ Marilynne Robinson
Creators are hard-driving, focused, dominant, independent risk-takers.
~ Mario Livio