Quotes About Leadership

What is democracy, Lysis?"—"It is what it says, the rule of the people. It is as good as the people are, or as bad.

When I rode on to meet the army, I learned a thing one never forgets after: how much easier it is to move the many than the few.

Certainly, I thought, Dion means to have his way. But I suppose that's what makes a king.

Some would take nothing, like Perdiccas; whose inclusion suggests, in spite of Ptolemy, that he did the right thing at Thebes. "What are you keeping for yourself?" he asked. "Hope," said Alexander, to which Perdiccas' prophetic answer was, "That I'll share.

Your people! Six boys and seven girls! You who are worthy to rule a kingdom." "Not unless I am worthy to rule them. Few or many, it's all one, once one has put oneself in the god's hand.

I thought, There goes my lord, whom I was born to follow. I have found a King. And, I said to myself, looking after him as he walked away, I will have him, if I die for it.

What is democracy? It is what it says, the rule of the people. It is as good as the people are, or as bad.

You think a king worth more than other men? Xau did not, despite my efforts to correct his misconception.

she took over the lead spot in Glass House, a group that recorded only a few records.

It is not enough to show people how to live better: there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show people how to be better.

Marybeth Gasman

That's right honey...It's much easier to follow the bitch than it is to follow the saint.

She was in charge of the 'red team,' the group taking blood samples. (The group collecting urine to check pesticide exposure levels called themselves the 'gold team' in response.)

Buck-buck, buck-buck!

People within a company can be divided into two groups: those who earn money and those who don't. Only those frontline people who develop, produce, and sell products are earning money for the company. The ideal company would have only one person who does not earn money—the president—leaving the rest of the employees directly involved in revenue-generating activity.

The key to success for Sony, and to everything in business, science and technology for that matter, is never to follow the others.

Now there's something I understand a little better. Hate, sadness, even joy. to be able to share it with another person...Naruto Uzumaki from fighting him i learned that. he knew pain like i did and then he taught me that you can change your path. I wish that one day i can be needed by someone. Not as a frightening weapon...But as the sand's Kazekage.

I think I was always interested in the larger world, even as a kid, and my experiences as a journalist only heightened that interest. Covering conflict, I learned that though leaders often try to create a sense of "us" and "them," the differences are not that delineated. I often felt like it was a whole bunch of "us," with some of "them" scattered around. That made me feel that the borders we draw around ourselves are often artificial.

I wonder why people work so hard to become politicians just in order to do something wrong.

There are two types of lazy bosses. One is so lazy that they make you do not only your own work but theirs too. Worse, they lie to you about it, unloading all responsibility for their actions. The other is so lazy that not only do they not do their own work but they can't even be bothered to provide you work to do. These bosses lie as well, but only to themselves, passively. The first is the hardest boss to work for, the second the easiest.

el poder es una escalera por la cual, cuando se empieza a ascender, no hay ni final ni descenso, salvo la caída, que a muchos les acontece pues arriba no hay lugar para todos.

Most of the time, it is not imbeciles or bigots who do the most stupid things. Some of the most problematic things are done by some of the smartest people.

We think that most apparently knowledge-intensive organisations can be pretty stupid.

Transformational leaders are thought to give their followers individualised consideration, intellectual stimulation and inspiration. This is said to boost their self-confidence, enthusiasm and identification. Instead of being cajoled, followers enthusiastically comply.