Quotes About Leadership

Hay muchas cosas que no comprendo —reconoció Davos—. Nunca he dicho lo contrario. Sé de ríos y de mares, de la forma de las costas y dónde acechan las rocas en los bajíos. Sé de calas secretas en las que un barco puede atracar sin que nadie lo vea. Y sé que un rey protege a su pueblo, de lo contrario no es un rey.

Ser Barristan," she called, "I know what quality a king needs most." "Courage, Your Grace?" "Cheeks like iron," she teased. "All I do is sit.

I arrived here a King's Hand, riding through the gates at the head of my own sworn men, Tyrion reflected, and I leave like a rat scuttling through the dark, holding hands with a spider.

Bloodraven is the root of all our woes, the white worm gnawimg at the heart of the realm.

No hatchlings can hope to stand against Vermithor and Dreamfyre." "And Silverwing?" asked Rhaena. "Our sister—" "—had no part in this. I will not put her at risk." The Queen in the East smiled then. "She is Rhaenys and I am Visenya. I have never thought otherwise.

Kings have no friends, just subjects and enemies.

The blood of the First Men still flows in the veins of the Starks, and we hold to the belief that the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.

The High Septon was the true king of Westeros, in all but name.

Men fight more fiercely for a king who shares their peril than one who hides behind his mother's skirts.

Mormont shifted in his seat, frowning. "Your brother Robb has been crowned King in the North. You and Aemon have that in common. A king for a brother." "And this too," said Jon. "A vow.

The intelligent and efficient politician is a species virtually unknown in the galaxy,

Not all of us can be as bold as Jaime, but there are other ways to win wars.

Those pissing contests are how lords judge one another's strength, and woe to any man who shows his weakness. A woman must needs piss twice as hard, if she hopes to rule. And

Kings have no friends,' Stannis said bluntly, 'only subjects and enemies.' 'And brothers,' a cheerful voice called out.

In King's Landing, there are two sorts of people. The players and the pieces.

Lions care not for the opinions of sheep.

Know the men who follow you," she heard him tell Robb once, "and let them know you. Don't ask your men to die for a stranger." At

Learn to use your ears more and your mouth less, or your reign will be shorter than I am.

The battle proved a victory—at least in part—and soon after, his grandfather finally died, and Ser Elmo became Lord of Riverrun. But he did not long enjoy his station; he died on the march forty-nine days later, leaving his young son, Ser Kermit, to succeed him.

George R.R. Martin

When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die, Cersei Lannister had told him in the godswood.

The king, the priest, the rich man—who lives and who dies? Who will the swordsman obey? It's a riddle without an answer, or rather, too many answers.

It was hard work to rule a kingdom, much less seven of them.

No ruler can make a people good.