Quotes About Leadership

Put an Englishman into the garden of Eden, and he would find fault with the whole blasted concern; put a Yankee in, and he would see where he could alter it to advantage; put an Irishman in, and he would want to boss the thing; put a Dutchman in, and he would proceed to plant it.

As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has a good right to them.

George W. Bush brought a lot of minorities into his administration, which was a positive thing, and they had some issues that they wanted to press, but 9/11 really gave them direction. It gave them a purpose.

It is always a good idea to give people problems and let them come up with solutions.

Groups don't really impact a local church until they become part of a church's culture. And that begins with senior leadership.

Be the person that you want to be around

Control in this context does not mean domineering others or dominating a conversation...Your framing should enthuse and captivate the audience rather than trying to convince them of your own notions or viewpoints."

The easiest and fastest route to WIN BIG in life requires getting around winners. Watch what they do and do it. Listen to what they say and say it. Follow the patterns.

I'm never wrong? Who besides Republican presidents and evil masterminds can say that with a straight face?

But casual dress or no, he looked like the guy in charge. Of everything. Everywhere.

One of the most critical strengths of a superior competitor in any discipline—whether we are speaking about sports, business negotiations, or even presidential debates—is the ability to dictate the tone of the battle.

If you put A players on a team with C players, your A players are going to play down. It rarely works the other way, where the C players play up.

They were the first who understood that all that was possible was a truth shared by the dominant people, the group or subgroup or family in power.

What shocked Yoav was that every couple he'd jobbed for had evinced this divide—straight or gay, irrespective of gender, there was always a leader, a commander, as implacable as an apartment's dimensions, or a circuitbreaker impeding at midwall.

Above everyone, though, was the customer, the King of King's who was also the adversary.

Principal's no different from the rest—he orders and so he is.

As the Chinese sage of early antiquity Sun Tzu said, "The side that knows when to fight and when not will take the victory. There are roadways not to be traveled, armies not to be attacked, walled cities not to be assaulted.

She began to notice his servant's heart, his humility, and his leadership. This attraction felt different from her prior experiences of liking guys. "Before it had always been, 'Here's the guy I want!' But this time I thought, 'Here's a man I could follow.

I hope I've lived a life of science whose style will encourage younger people.

I found no fault with the cook, and it was the rule of the voyage that the cook found no fault with me. There was never a ship's crew so well agreed.

The officers who are over-sure, and "know it all like a book," are the ones, I have observed, who wreck the most ships and lose the most lives.

He was a common man expanded into giant proportions; well acquainted with the people, he placed his hand on the beating pulse of the nation, judged of its disease and was ready with a remedy.

High-level creative exchange depends on both hierarchical and fluid power relationships.

and to be in charge of life is always an occasion for loyalty.