Quotes About Leadership

You can't lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself.

When you retire, you switch bosses — from the one who hired you to the one who married you.

The buddhas, the most honored of people, Know that nothing exists independently, And that buddha-seeds arise interdependently. This is why they teach the one vehicle. Things are part of the everlasting Dharma, And the character of the Dharma in the world endures forever. Having come to know this at the place of the Way, Leaders and teachers teach it in skillful ways.

On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days and other fields will bear the fruits of victory.

Taken from last speech at West Point Academy 1962: The Highest Moral Law: THE CODE - DUTY/HONOR/COUNTRY.....THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR VICTORY.

No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country.

Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader.

I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me.

My Father is the ruler of all the world, and is expressing His directing power through me

Management positions always come with ulcers attached.

Now she just had to explain everything—well, most things—to the men, and then be off.

Strong-minded women with a cause accepted even fewer excuses than the average gangster, when it came to getting what they wanted, and what they wanted right now was Irene making a speech.

It was a leader's job to project a calm mastery of the situation, while also encouraging subordinates to develop decision-making skills. Assuming that they made the right decisions. A leader's job was a crock of shit.

Never trust any ruler, Librarian. They're all untrustworthy.

Die Aufgabe einer Anführerin war ein Eimer voll Scheiße.

It may be true that organizations give individuals their power,' she answered, 'but it's what those individuals do that makes the organizations strong.

Tell the brat whatever you think will work. Just keep her within bounds, and then with luck we can all avoid unnecessary harshness. Also, hurry up and get over that pneumonia. We don't have time for sickbed drama. The letters from the Cardinal and from Ao Guang about the missing worlds are disturbing—we're still understaffed, and there's too much to do.

leader's authority is limited to giving her followers orders that they will actually obey.

a leader's authority is limited to giving her followers orders that they will actually obey.

But that was one of the perks of being higher-ranking: you could tell your juniors to cut back on the courtesy, while simultaneously being offended if you felt they were being too rude. A win-win situation, for the people on top.

When a man assumes leadership, he forfeits the right to mercy.

Brian kept forcing them to go back out on tour.

It was down to me—not George Martin, not anyone else—to turn the Beatles' new vision into a reality.

Everyone looks up to you. They listen to you. If you tell them to fight, they'll fight. But they need to be inspired. And let's face it, "Superman"... the last time you really inspired anyone -- was when you were dead.