Quotes About Leadership

The Don considered a use of threats the most foolish kind of exposure; the unleashing of anger without forethought as the most dangerous indulgence. No one had ever heard the Don utter a naked threat, no one had ever seen him in an uncontrollable rage. It was unthinkable.

My dear Guiliano, he said, how is it that you and Don Croce do not join together to rule Sicily? He has the wisdom of age, you have the idealism of youth.

for Justice, we must go to Don Corleone.

The Don always taught that when a man was generous, he must show the generosity as personal.

But up until that time I want you just to follow my lead and don't worry. There are negotiations going on that will solve problems that you think are not solvable. So just be a little patient." Tessio

destiny had decided that he was to become a Don and had brought Fanucci to him to set him on his destined path.

Do not exercise power because it is easy to your hand. And do not get carried away with a certainty of victory when your intellect tells you there is even a hint of tragedy.

have no intention of placing my fate in the hands of men whose only qualification is that they managed to con a bloc of people to vote for them.

the Don never held a grudge that impaired his future profits.

Don Corleone was too weak to speak much but he wished to listen and exercise veto powers.

These things have to happen once every ten years or so. It gets rid of the bad blood. And then if we let them push us around on the little things they wanta take over everything. You gotta stop them at the beginning. Like they shoulda stopped Hitler at Munich, they should never let him get away with that, they were just asking for big trouble when they let him get away with that." Michael

But great men are not born great, they grow great, and so it was with Vito Corleone.

Never get angry," the Don had instructed. "Never make a threat. Reason with people.

But above all with a patriarchal love for his followers. Virtue was rewarded. Injuries avenged. A livelihood guaranteed.

Probably there are no longer any societies in which the best people are attracted to civic duties.

Don't be afraid Mr. Onaka, we need you because none of us drives. Can you imagine anything as dumb as that? They were going to make a revolution and they didn't even know how to drive a car.

el sentido común es la más valiosa de las virtudes políticas.

Es una lástima que habiendo podido ser el Felipe González del Perú te empeñes en ser nuestro Salvador Allende, o, peor aún, nuestro Fidel Castro. ¿No va el mundo por otros rumbos?». Naturalmente

Aquí, en la revista, yo soy la directora y tú un empleado. Somos amigos en la calle, cuando nos tomamos un café. Pero, aquí, yo doy las órdenes y tú las cumples. Te

Luego de tantos años de servir al Jefe, habías perdido los escrúpulos, la sensibilidad, el menor asomo de rectitud. Igual que tus colegas. Igual que el país entero, tal vez. ¿Era ése el requisito para mantenerse en el poder sin morirse de asco? Volverse un desalmado, un monstruo como tu Jefe. Quedarse frescos y contentos como el bello Ramfis después de violar y dejar desangrándose en el Hospital Marión a Rosalía. La

Cuando la gente de trabajo se abstiene y deja la política a los políticos el país se va al diablo.

Besides, what Dominican woman wouldn't like to be the First Lady?

I am the last prophet. A woman?

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand. He that gives good advice and sets a good example, builds with both hands. But he that gives good advice and sets a bad example, builds with one hand and tears down with the other.