Quotes About Leadership

How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.

They have suffered and risked death for their country while their commanding officers are becoming rich. 'Look at that lieutenant, how fat he is. How come the officers are all fat? None of us are fat, because we have no food.

Only God can intervene, Deofina believes, to save a people condemned to damnation by their leaders. She is a deeply religious woman, a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, and she is hoping God will do away with the politicians and self-appointed messiahs—the donos - who have dragged the country, her family, to ruin. 'The problem is that the donos never die.

Der Frosch, der am lautesten quakt, wird zu allererst vom Storch gefressen.

I would rather find a single causal law than be the king of Persia!

Great men may make great mistakes;

What we need and what we want is to moralize politics, not to politicize morals.

If our civilization is to survive, we must break with the habit of deference to great men.

The fallback position in politics is if you don't know what you want to be about, and if you don't know what your vision is, go at somebody else.

Least Convincing Denial over Eating One's Crew

Politics is the womb in which war develops.

War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.

My name is Sahil," he says as he looks up. "Someone told me it means leader.

Okay, well, I guess we should do nominations," Pearl said finally. Jessica raised her hand. "I nominate Hailey Farmer," she said before anyone could acknowledge her. There's a big shock , Megan thought. "Okay. Hailey, do you accept the nomination?" Pearl asked. "Yes, I do," Hailey said gravely. "She totally rehearsed that," Ria said in Megan's ear.

One of the best signs of being fitted for power is reluctance to hold it.

During those years, Leda and Tyndareus stepped down from their thrones, and Helen and Menelaus became the new queen and king of Sparta. In time, they had a daughter of their own, Hermione.

I was supposed to be women's lib, and now I'd exceeded it and gone over into international politics.

In democracies,5 for example, females have often held no office or do so (as now) in such minuscule numbers as to be below even token representation. Aristocracy,

Don't tell me women aren't the stuff of heroes.

Do not forget my example.

Many of my river trips came in between jobs as it was a way to take stock and think about my professional path. It was on these in-between-jobs river trips that I realized being an effective leader means gaining the strength of others like tributaries feeding into the river, keeping the flow strong and steady. Instead of trying to blast through obstacles, it is better to negotiate around them with the help of rising waters.

Smile at people, pop your head into your boss's office regularly and say hello, and come to your first meeting with something really smart to say.

By definition, a mentor shows you the ropes, offers feedback, and provides strategies for success—all very good stuff.

Inform your boss of your progress. Even if your boss isn't asking for in-person updates, send her periodic e-mails about the project. That way she can get a sense about whether there's any kind of problem you might not recognize, especially if you're new at the game. Better to have her course-correct than have the project later blow up in your face.