Quotes About Leadership

What SkyClan needs more than anything else is a leader who has faith in herself. Because only then could other cats have faith in her, too

Redtail groaned to himself, picturing the smug glow in the other tom's amber eyes. What Tigerclaw had said sounded reasonable, but Redtail didn't trust that he was really planning only to mark ThunderClan's borders. Before Redtail could turn away, Tigerclaw pushed his way out past the lichen that hung over the entrance to Bluestar's den. He stopped when he saw Redtail, and Redtail felt hot beneath his fur, embarrassed at being caught eavesdropping

Berrynose is a real pain in the tail, and yet he gets two apparently sensible she-cats padding after him, Jayfeather thought with a shake of his head. Weird.

gaze steadily. "This is your decision, Fireheart. No cat can make it for you.

Ravenpaw, wolfing down a small finch beside the tree stump. He saw Firepaw approach the pile and flicked his head encouragingly. Firepaw bent his neck, ready to take a small wood mouse in his teeth. "Not for you," Tigerclaw growled, striding up behind him and pawing the mouse away. "You didn't bring back any prey. The elders will eat your share. Take it to them.

your decision, Fireheart. No cat can make it for you.

So I'm supposed to fight this battle for everyone?" The tip of his tail flicked angrily. "Great StarClan, why can't I just have a normal life like any other cat?

There's so much I have to do to take over the Clan

Yes, O great Clan leader.

I can do more than make you leader. I can give you everything you've ever dreamed of," she went on. "Power over your Clanmates. Power over all the Clans.

cat tried to kill their Clanmates after they had been dumped, there would be no Clans left.

And a Pack divided

Your path has been hard, harder than most," Firestar rasped. "But you fought a great battle here, and you won. You are a worthy deputy of ThunderClan.

Hawkfrost, a RiverClan warrior, was willing to do whatever it took to please Tigerstar, but at the last moment Brambleclaw realized his loyalties lay with his Clan leader, not his long-dead father, and he killed Hawkfrost instead.

Leafpool glanced at Alderheart. "My son seems to have forgotten that I've been running the medicine den since before he was born.

The power of three is coming, and the Clans must be ready.

problems." "She's right," Jayfeather meowed, dipping his head toward the RiverClan leader. "Are we kits, play fighting while badgers attack our camp?

I had to drown to make the Clans help one another." The kit's eyes shone excitedly. "You threw yourself in on purpose?" Violetshine pricked her ears. "Do you have bees in your brain?

give you a life for hope," he meowed. "Use it well to guide your Clan through the darkest days.

Let all cats old enough to kill their own enemies gather here!

No," Ivypool answered, thinking fast. "I-I just want to know what I have to do to be treated like a warrior. I don't want to fight at the back, where cowards hide. I want to be at the head of the attack, doing the most that I can to help my Dark Forest Clanmates.

We don't want to play with you, Spottedkit. You're always telling us what to do!

There was a hint of regret in Tigerstar's voice, but no hesitation.

I looked up to you," he meowed in a clear, level voice. "I wanted to be like you. But Redtail was my mentor. I owe him more than any cat. And you killed him." Grief and fury made his limbs shake, but he kept going. "You killed him and betrayed the Clan. I'd rather die than follow you." He turned and stalked away.