Quotes About Leadership

Men were worshipped in Caradore.

If Leonid the emperor was a lion, his sons were wolves, and now their eyes shone in the dark, brilliant with hunger and ferocity. It couldn't go on like this. Something would happen. Everything would change, and when it did, Merlan very much wanted to be on the winning side.

The last time I spoke to my mother about this matter, her aims were similar to ours in many respects, except that she wants Bayard as king. A sun king, who will unify the disgruntled realms through the power of the spirit.

The elements must combine to create a greater whole. You are fire, Bayard, and the firedrakes will bow to you, but we need the others.

If he were straining at the leash, eager to become the True King, then, paradoxically, he would not be the right candidate. We must woo him carefully.

When he sat upon his throne there, the empress's hand would be forever upon his shoulder, lightly but firmly.

Rule wisely, oh king, for the land is your flesh, its people your blood.

I know you think we don't need Daniel, and that I am capable of doing what he does myself, but he represents our aim and what the results of success should be. A flowering.

All still obeyed the words of Emilia Manden. At one time she had held the whip for the Murkasters in Little Moor.

I, and your other supporters, despised Anu's hollow sanctimony. We were filled with a fire to rebel against all that Kharsag stood for. You made us see the truth, Shem, the lie of it. You were our glorious leader. We would have followed you anywhere.

I'm afraid we have mislaid our esteemed leader.

You say you do not see a king in me, and you may be right, but all I see in you is a bullying child.

This was Paraga's capital and his image appeared on the walls of nearly every building within the citadel. He was a delicate creature with enormous wings like sails. His face was almost feline, with long curling whiskers and enormous eyes with slit pupils.

Gastern wants Valraven. Not in the sense Bayard does, but politically. Gastern is his father's favorite, but he's no fool. He knows that once Leonid goes, all hell will break loose. He'll need close allies, then. No Caradorean has ever been as close to the emperor as Valraven. You are a spiky lot. You do your duty, but you're always fighting the bit. Not Palindrake. He can be ridden without a bridle.

Fire came from the south. Fire led by its king, Casilin Malagash.

I cannot lead an army, and fighting disgusts me, but destiny, or the forces of chaos, saw fit to equip me in other ways.

No one other than Valraven Palindrake could lead the Magravandian army. He is its heart. He is like Bayard, Leonid's son, who is equally demonic. They deserve each other.

If I had been elected president in 1948, history would be vastly different. I believe we would have stemmed the growth of Big Government, which had begun with the New Deal and culminated with the Great Society.

If we'd just been fighting their army without the general, we might, just MIGHT have had a chance. But with him...?' The big man shrugged, then stood to leave. 'But that's defeatist talk. And I've got a fyrd to help train. I'll see you tonight at dinner, Maggie.

Steel squared her shoulders. "Ladies, and gentlemen, are are no' at home to Mr Fuckup today. Who are we no' at home to?" The response wasn't much more than an embarrassed murmur. "Mr Fuckup." "I CAN'T HEAR YOU! WHO ARE WE NO' AT HOME TO?" Better this time: "Mr Fuckup." "ONE MORE TIME!" They bellowed it out: "WE ARE NOT AT HOME TO MR FUCKUP!" "Damn right we're no'." She smiled, nodded. "Now get out there and catch me those bloody killers.

Ah … politics, Sergeant. When the top brass hand you a turd, you polish it and say, "my, what a lovely jobbie!" That way they are impressed by your intellect, perception and ability. If you don't, all you've got is a handful of shit.

Imperius Rex.

Don't play politics, Hill. Super heroes need to stay above that stuff. We can't have Washington telling us who the super villains are.

In a country as profoundly anti-intellectual as ours it is predictable that our leaders will do whatever they can in order not to appear smart in public.