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Quotes About Leadership

and I'll be hanged before I let Andor march to the Last Battle without me.
~ Robert Jordan
a general can take care of the living or weep for the dead, but he cannot do both.
~ Robert Jordan
The White Tower will be whole again, except for remnants cast out and scorned, whole and stronger than ever. Rand al'Thor will face the Amyrlin Seat and know her anger. The Black Tower will be rent in blood and fire, and sisters will walk its grounds. This I Foretell.
~ Robert Jordan
Five ride forth, and four return. Above the watchers shall he proclaim himself, bannered cross the sky in fire. .
~ Robert Jordan
most of the time he simply inquired what the questioner thought was a good solution and told him to do that. It was seldom he really had to come up with an answer; people knew what to do, they just had this fool notion they had to ask him.
~ Robert Jordan
The whole world rides on your shoulders. Remember you're a man, and do what needs to be done.
~ Robert Jordan
You must learn there is a time to speak all of the truth, and a time to govern your tongue. The least of the lessons you must learn, but important, if you mean to live long enough to wear the shawl of a full sister.
~ Robert Jordan
Sighing, she sat back down again. "Perrin, my father says a general can take care of the living or weep for the dead, but he cannot do both.
~ Robert Jordan
I don't intend getting close enough to the fighting to need armor. A general who draws his sword has put aside his baton and become a common soldier.
~ Robert Jordan
too many Sitters who
~ Robert Jordan
En kötü olas?l?klar için plan yapmak iyidir, ama onlar?n a??rl??? alt?nda ezilmemen gerek. Sabit fikir haline getirmemelisin. Bir kraliçe, her ÅŸeyden önce, umut sahibi olmal?d?r.
~ Robert Jordan
been a Sitter before
~ Robert Jordan
about speaking up to Sitters, or
~ Robert Jordan
In my day, girls jumped when a Wise One said jump, and continued jumping until they were told to stop. As I am still alive, it is still my day. Need I make myself clearer? - Sorilea
~ Robert Jordan
The general who leads in the front of battle is a fool.
~ Robert Jordan
He is a king, whatever you or he or anyone else says, and a king or queen must dispense justice without fear of enemies or favor for friends. Anyone who does that has to be hard. Mother
~ Robert Jordan
A Wise One must be in control of her emotions, not they in control of her.
~ Robert Jordan
You'd be surprised what my Asha'man would dare.
~ Robert Jordan
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.
~ Robert Jordan
Who would sup with the mighty must climb the path of daggers.
~ Robert Jordan
The Dragon Reborn carries the world on his shoulders, Canler," Androl said softly, catching Canler up short. "I don't know why he's left us here, but I'd prefer to assume it's because he thinks we can handle ourselves.
~ Robert Jordan
The way we're going to be a better company is by your working on yourself, and helping others work on themselves.
~ Robert Kegan
It is a consistent mark of the DDOs we studied that the senior people are as deeply engaged in the personal growth journey as the newest hires. Working
~ Robert Kegan
Point me in the right direction, and shut the fuck up. I'm the one calling the shots now. Fall in line or fall down a fucking well.
~ Robert Kirkman