Quotes About Leadership

A general who draws his sword has put aside his baton and become a common soldier.

Boy, the Creator never made the Houses. Some forget it, but go far enough back in any House, and you'll find a commoner who showed uncommon courage or kept his head and took charge when everybody else was running around like plucked geese. Mind you, another thing some like to forget is the road down can be just as sudden.

The more women there are about, the softer a wise man steps.

Rand calmed himself, finding peace, turning to Tam. He remembered, from his old memories, something from a book. The key to leadership is in the rippling waves. You could not find stillness on a body of water if there was turmoil underneath. Likewise, you could not find peace and focus in a group unless the leader himself had peace within.

You did not rise in the ships just through your ability to Weave the Winds or predict the weather or fix a position. You needed to read the intent that lay between the words of your orders, to interpret small gestures and facial expressions; you had to notice who deferred to whom, even subtly, for courage and ability alone took you only so high.

there was nothing a woman liked better than finding men who were relaxing, then giving them orders.

The key to leadership is in the rippling waves.

we are the hare, and it is the hounds who dictate the chase.

It was always a mistake to choose a pillow-friend who did not wear the shawl. Especially if you were fool enough to let her take the lead.

Verin Sedai said that most mistakes made by rulers came from not knowing history; they acted in ignorance of the mistakes others had made before them.

A queen could not show herself afraid, even when she was.

Being in control wasn't so much about the power you had, but the power you implied that you had.

explain if you could; your people did better if they knew the why as well as the what.

Los Valdar Cuebiyari! Los! Carai an Caldazar! Al Caldazar!

A wise ruler, Elayne thought, knows when to speak and when not.

Royal line of Andor would be the key to defeating the Dark One in the Last Battle.

Lead by example. Require strength, but first show it.

No need to shriek like a cat," Nynaeve growled, appearing in the stairwell. She was looking back over her shoulder down the stairs, though. "You hold her tight, you hear me?" she shrieked like a cat.

As always! Why should I be surprised? Spread the word, Nynaeve. Tell Ituralde, Rhuarc, King Darlin. Tomorrow, we invade Shayol Ghul and claim it as our own! If we must put our head into the lion's mouth, let us make certain that he chokes upon our flesh!

How could a merchant lead people? Did not merchants have to focus on their wares? It was ridiculous.

The hammer could be either a weapon or a tool. Perrin had a choice, just as everyone who followed him had a choice. Hopper had a choice. The wolf had made that choice, risking more in defense of the Light than any human — save Perrin — would ever understand.

It seems to me that kings—and queens—can be fools when they forget what they are and act like who they are, but they're worse when they only remember what they are and forget who. Most could do with someone whose only job is to remind them that they eat and sweat and cry the same as any farmer.

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They were all watching him, all waiting. Death is lighter than a feather, duty heavier than a mountain. He made his decision.