Quotes About Leadership

Setting an example presupposes that someone will be left to learn from it. It's pointless when there's no one to set an example for.

And everyone else was selecting their leaders not by their ability to lead, but by where they stood on a single issue.

Hace tiempo descubrí que, si construyes un arenero alrededor de un niño dominante y permites que ese niño lo presida, los adultos pueden dedicarse al trabajo de verdad.

Important work often loses the spotlight to self-important people.

He looks very authoritative—even more so now in his uniform of brass buttons and blue wool—but authority and reason are two different things.

Chain of command knows no age restrictions, he once told Connor. You could be six, but if you were my superior, I'd still do as I was told.

We make mistakes. Believe me, if Goddard is installed as High Blade, half of the scythes who put him there will regret it in the morning, but by then it will be too late!

Era adrede; les recordaba que, aunque tuvieran los puestos humanos más importantes del mundo, nunca debían sentirse demasiado cómodos ni dormirse en los laureles.

You'll find in life, Caden, that many decisions are made by morons in high places.

What about today? What choices are being made, what thins are being said by people in high places that might seem so unimportant now, but are laying the groundwork for truly horrible things tomorrow?

Who's the fat guy?" Citra asked. "He looks important," said Rowan. "Indeed," said Scythe Faraday. "'The fat guy,' as you call him, is the High Blade. The most powerful man in the MidMerican Scythedom. He presides over conclave.

As scythes, it is not what we want that matters—all that matters is what the world needs us to be. As your High Blade, I will hold us to the highest ideals, so that we can be proud of who, and what, we are.

The scythedom was cursed with idiots.

Those who wish to have the job should not have it… and those who would most refuse to kill are the only ones who should.

Of course, the bad scythes weren't all in the past. But instead of bad they were now called innovative and forward-thinking. Like the innovative bloodbaths of Scythe Goddard and his killer cronies.

Which means," said Rowan, "that this is your fault." And then he added with a little bit of derision, "Your Excellency.

An arrogant head of state gives permission to all nature of hate as long as it feeds his ambition. And the unfortunate truth is, people devour it. Society gorges itself

I have found that building a sandbox around a domineering child, then allowing that child to preside over it, frees the adults to do the real work.

The day would not end until a new High Blade was chosen - because, if anything, the scythedom had learned from the abuses of political contests in the Age of Mortality. Best to get an election over as quickly as possible, before everyone became even more bitter and disgusted than they already were.

Once Xenocrates was gone, Goddard called out to the crowd, "Anyone who uploads pictures of High Blade Xenocrates in his underwear will be gleaned immediately!" And everyone laughed . . . then stopped when they realized he was not joking in the least.

And everyone was selecting their leaders not by their ability to lead, but by where they stood on this single issue.

And everyone was selecting their leaders not by their ability to lead, but by where they stood on this single issue. It was beyond madness.

I have found that building a sandbox around a domineering child, then allowing that child to preside over it, frees the adults to do real work.

Nations, like families, have great men only in spite of themselves.