Quotes About Leadership

The meeting was just ending when Doerr asked a final question: "How big do you think this can be?" "Ten billion," said Larry Page.

Zuckerberg hadn't approached Thefacebook that way. He was building something that he wanted for himself, and people were naturally flocking to it. That had been the story of the giants of tech—Apple, eBay, Yahoo!, Google.

The very best companies in the world are best not only because of their creativity, but because of their ability to implement.

To Dick's mind, the flow of information should be channeled with discretion, with an unambiguous interpretation controlled by the people at the top.

The difference between a beautifully made failure and a beautifully made hit is who you've got playing the leads.

The only people who should be allowed to govern countries with nuclear weapons are mothers, those who are still breastfeeding their babies."--Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings.

A cavalryman's horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be alowed to know this.

Try to remember that they're the reason you're out there—that their experience comes first. Adjust your pace to hike with them and set goals together for reaching certain landmarks or distances.

the quality of the CEO is the top factor in the success of the investment.

Still, Marcus was acutely aware that he served at Hadrian's pleasure. In a state ruled absolutely by one man, no matter how enlightened that man might be, every other man was at his mercy.

had rather save the life of one innocent citizen than take the lives of a thousand enemies," Antoninus had remarked. He had none of Hadrian's restlessness or brooding nature; he was known for a placid temperament and a gentle sense of humor. Under his benevolent rule, the bitterness that had marked the end of Hadrian's reign had almost faded from memory.

When I was a boy, my grandfather taught me the list of kings: Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Marcius, Tarquinius the Elder, Servius Tullius. Tarquinius the Proud was to be the last, the very last, cast out and replaced forever by something called a republic. A mockery! A mistake! An experiment that failed! Today is the republic's final day. Tomorrow, men will shout in the Forum, 'All hail King Coriolanus!

Amazing, isn't it? In fact if not in name, the Roman Empire is being run by women. Legitimacy runs through the female line—from the emperor's wife to her sister, thence to her daughters, and only then to the young emperor and his cousin. No woman has exercised such power since Cleopatra, and even she pales in comparison. Cleopatra had Egypt, and Asia for a while, but Maesa and her daughters rule every province of the Roman Empire.

Like Cleopatra," observed Philostratus, "they reached such a pinnacle by using their connection to men: Cleopatra through Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, Domna through Severus, Maesa and her daughter through the two young cousins—one or both of them said to be the son of Caracalla. And now those boys rule jointly, since Antoninus adopted him and made him Caesar.

Alexander proclaimed that he was not to be addressed as Dominus by his fellow Romans. He preferred to be called Imperator.

few less smart-aleck attorneys and a few more Henry Fords, and the world would have less troubles and more to eat." Ford, added another small-town paper, "comes nearer being typical of the average, energetic, courageous, honest, uncultured American than any other one man in this country….

It is not only in medicine that persons in authority will resist any investigation that might reduce their authority.

If you seek honor and respect you will not find it, for a leader is powerless to elevate himself. It is only when you serve others without regard for self, will honor, respect and lasting success be found.

I write the music, produce it and the band plays within the parameters that I set.

An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a community - as SNCC does - must work to provide that community with a position of strength from which to make its voice heard. This is the significance of black power beyond the slogan.

We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.

Don't be like my father Akhenaten

You were the one that led them a merry dance. Now, I expect, they will want an explanation. I myself am waiting to hear it.

Leila Saatchi never gave orders, never had to. It was a knack she had. Her suggestions were so compelling.