Quotes About Leadership

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

If you are to rule men, you must rule them through their own ideas.

An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.

Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man.

In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king. [In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed is king.]

Ever since I was a young man, I wanted to run for the presidency in the worst possible way - and I did.

No man should be allowed to be the President who does not understand hogs, or hasn't been around a manure pile.

A lord may love the men that he commands, but he cannot be a friend to them. One day he may need to sit in judgement on them, or send them forth to die.

Know the men who follow you and let them know you. Don't ask your men to die for a stranger.

...the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword." "...a ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is.

Of course it's not enough to be a good man to be an effective ruler and it never has been.

The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. Look her in the eyes before you kill her. See her tears, hear her last words. You owe her that much at least." - Eddard Stark

Power resides where men believe it to reside.

...Ned always said that the man who passes the sentence should swing the blade, though he never took any joy in the duty. But I would, oh, yes.

George H. W. Bush is gracious. And I'm not saying any of the former presidents aren't gracious, I'm just saying, this man is gracious.

The most powerful men were those who most effectively used the power of adult competence to enforce childish agreements.

Governments must conform to the nature of the men governed.

When men realize that feminism is a universal good that affects them in very intimate ways then I think they really become allies and leaders.

A man can be called ruthless if he bombs a country to oblivion. A woman can be called ruthless if she puts you on hold.

Now the long-feared Asiatic colossus takes its turn as world leader, and we--the white race--have become the yellow man's burden.Let us hope that he will treat us more kindly than we treated him.

The world is full of guys. Be a man. Don't be a guy

It is harsh enough for each man to bear his own wound. But he who leads bears the wounds of all who follow him.

A crown is a pitiless master, harsher than the staff of a pig-keeper; while a staff bears up, a crown weighs down, beyond the strength of any man to wear it lightly.

Anyone who critically analyzes a business learns this: that the success or failure of an enterprise depends usually upon one man.