Quotes About Leadership

In retrospect, his ambition to become an actual global dictator definitely should have been a red flag.

We take it for granted that great individuals—Gandhi, Kennedy, Martin Luther King—can have great positive impacts on the world. But we are loath to believe the same about negative impacts—unless the individuals are obvious monsters like Hitler or Stalin. But small numbers of people can have large, negative impacts, especially if they are organized, determined, and have access to power.

to claim the crown." "'Heavy is the head,

The greater the man, the less is he opinionative, he depends upon events and circumstances.

In war, the moral is to the physical as ten to one.

I hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and educated men of all the countries and establish a uniform regime based on the principles of the Quran which alone are true and which alone can lead men to happiness.

Gentlemen. If you're going to take Vienna, take it.

There are two levers for moving man -- interest and fear.

The great difficulty with politics is, that there are no established principles.

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

in this life we are either kings or pawns emperors and fools

In this life, we are either kings or pawns, Emperors or fools

I did not usurp the crown; it was in the gutter and I picked it out.

Tragedy is the school of genius; it is the duty of sovereigns to encourage and support it.

Aristocracy is the spirit of the Old Testament, democracy of the New.

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest

Give me good mothers and I will give you a good nation.

C'est avec des hochets que l'on mène les hommes." Napoléon Bonaparte à propos de la légion d'honneur, qu'il institua en 1802.

Revolutions are ideal times for soldiers with a lot of wit — and the courage to act.

Imagination rules the world.

We are waging war as generous enemies, and we wish only to crush the tyrants who enslave you.

Montre-moi une famille de lecteurs, et je te montrerai les gens qui bougent le monde.

The men who have changed the world never succeeded by winning over the powerful, but always by stirring the masses. The first method is a resort to intrigue and only brings limited result. The latter is the course of genius and changes the face of the world.

L'ambition de dominer sur les esprits est la plus forte de toutes les passions.