Quotes About Leadership

Power proves the man.

We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.

Sometimes, when I can't get to sleep, I imagine all the rules I'd invent if I ever got to be in charge of the world.

Alicia," he says abruptly, "that's Maggie Stevens coming in. Could you—" "Absolutely," she says, trained like a racehorse, and starts to move smoothly toward the door. "And Alicia—" adds Luke, and she quickly turns back. "I want to know exactly who fucked up on those figures.

A city which belongs to just one man is no true city

There is no greater evil than men's failure to consult and to consider.

I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State.

The good leader repeats the good news, keeps the worst to himself.

Haemon: No city is property of a single man. Creon: But custom gives possession to the ruler. Haemon: You'd rule a desert beautifully alone.

A State for one man is no State at all.

Show me the man who keeps his house in hand, He's fit for public authority.

ODYSSEUS             I cannot recommend a rigid spirit.

Thou wouldst make a good monarch of a desert

What a splendid king you'd make of a desert island-- you and you alone.

CREON: Am I to rule for others, or myself? HAEMON: A State for one man is no State at all. CREON: The State is his who rules it, so 'tis held.

Who would choose uneasy dreams to don a crown when all the kingly sway can be enjoyed without?

Pues así como estoy, me voy a ir. Venid, venid, compañeros los que estáis presentes y ausentes; y con hachas en las manos corred hacia el lugar famoso. Y yo, puesto que mi opinión así ha cambiado, y yo mismo la aprisioné, quiero estar presente para salvarla; pues temo no sea la mejor resolución el vivir observando las leyes establecidas.

tis greater far To rule a people than a wilderness.

Se tu hás de governar, soberano nesta terra, Melhor é com homens nela do que deserta regê-la. Uma urbe vazia é nada, tal como nada é navio Ermo de gente, sem tripulação nenhuma.

who in his right mind would rather rule and live in anxiety than sleep in peace?

Creon: My voice is the one voice giving orders in this city! Haimon: It is no city if it takes orders from one voice. Creon: The State is the King! Haimon: Yes, if the State is a desert.

AGAMEMNÔN. Il n'est pas facile à un roi d'être pieux. ODYSSEUS. Mais les rois peuvent obéir aux amis qui les conseillent bien.

KREON. Ich gehe, von dir verkannt, gerecht jedoch vor diesen.

La insolencia produce al tirano.