Quotes About Leadership

This planet is run by crazy people. Remember what they have to do to get where they are. Their perspective is so narrow, so... brief. A few years. In the best of them a few decades. They care only about the time they are in power.

todo gobierno se degenera cuando se deja solos a los gobernantes, porque éstos -por el mero hecho de gobernar- hacen mal uso de la confianza pública.

Who is really in charge of this planet?

Some portion of the decision-making that influences the future of our civilization is plainly in the hands of charlatans.

Authority will lead you into ruin.

You either have a plan or you become part of somebody else's plan.

We are led by the least among us and we do not fight back against the dehumanizing values that are handed down as control icons.

Company leaders know that success flourishes only when people are committed, believe in the organization, and take pride in their work.

Oh, Brown was our lion and Tubman our fox, great-grandson!

Revolution cannot be handed down to you by a tight-knit vanguard of conspirators. Nor, as Lenin insisted, can it be carried abroad and imposed at the point of a bayonet, as Stalin did in eastern Europe. You have to be actively involved in the making of it yourself, unlike the kind of artist who instructs his assistants to go off and pickle a shark in his name.

History is rarely made by reasonable men.

many people must be ruled to thrive. In their selfishness and greed, they see free people as their oppressors. They wish to have a leader who will cut the taller plants so the sun will reach them. They think no plant should be allowed to grow taller than the shortest, and in that way give light to all. They would rather be provided a guiding light, regardless of the fuel, than light a candle themselves.

It's easy to lead people when they have a sense of purpose. Sense of purpose is more important by far than the truth.

Richard will have my hand, but you should know as well as anyone that he will not be eating out of it –and I wouldn't want him to." - Kahlan

Cara, in the lead, came to a halt beside them, looking from one to the other. Still with the clothes, Lord Rahl?

I will give you war; a real war, not a slaughter of women and children but a war lead by me, the Mother Confessor, a woman! War without quarter! - Kahlan Amnell, Mother Confessor

I'm sorry, Lord Rahl, but I don't think you are the kind of man who would want me to tell you anything other than the truth." Richard stared into Samantha's dark eyes. "No, I wouldn't. Only the truth can help us.

My brother always says that real power is not brokered in public.

If an idea was sound, it had to have a life beyond a leader, or the leader had failed.

Because, Richard, many people must be ruled to thrive. In their selfishness and greed, they see free people as their oppressors. They wish to have a leader who will cut the taller plants so the sun will reach them. They think no plant should be allowed to grow taller than the shortest, and in that way give light to all. They would rather be provided a guiding light, regardless of the fuel, than light a candle themselves.

Because, Richard, many people must be ruled to thrive. In their selfishness and greed, they see free people as their oppressors. They wish to have a leader who will cut the taller plants so the sun will reach them. They think no plant should be allowed to grow taller than the shortest, and in that way give light to all. They would rather

Don't give up the calling, Magda. Know yourself. Know what you are. Though few would admit it, even those on the council, I truly believe we all need you. - Councilman Sadler

Master Rahl guide us. Master Rahl teach us. Master Rahl protect us. In your light we thrive. In your mercy we are sheltered. In your wisdom we are humbled." She put her heart and soul into the words. "We live only to serve. Our lives are yours.

You are not struggling to rule, but to give others a chance at ruling their own lives. So stop ruling and let them live those lives.