Quotes About Leadership

R?zní v?dcové používali až pÃ…â"¢íliÅ¡ ?asto heslo, že vedou sv?j lid do boje za svobodu, zatímco ve skute?nosti ho chtÄ›li zotro?it. Že žádný slib neoslovuje ?lovÄ›ka mocnÄ›ji, dokazuje i to, že i v?dci, kteÃ…â"¢í chtÄ›jí svobodu potla?it, považují za nutné ji slibovat.

The idea of authority, which they represented, was associated in our minds with a greater insight and a more humane wisdom.

Kat and Kropp get in an argument over the war as they rest from an hour's worth of drill (occasioned by Tjaden's not saluting a major properly). Kat believes the war would be over if leaders gave all the participants "the same grub and the same pay," as he says in a rhyme. Kropp believes the leaders of each country should fight each other in an arena to settle the war; the "wrong" people currently do the fighting.

Isterijos ir baim?s apimti žmon?s seka paskui lozungus, nepriklausomai nuo to, kas ir kieno vardu juos skelbia, jei tik r?ksnys pažada masei prisiimti sunki? m?stymo našt? ir atsakomyb? už tai, ko ji bijo, bet negali išvengti.

Where would the world be if one brought every man to book? There were thousands of Kantoreks, all of whom were convinced that they were acting for the best—in a way that cost them nothing. And that is why they let us down so badly.

For us lads of eighteen they ought to have been mediators and guides to the world of maturity, the world of work, of duty, of culture, of progress—to the future. We often made fun of them and played jokes on them, but in our hearts we trusted them. The idea of authority, which they represented, was associated in our minds with a greater insight and a more humane wisdom.

At last Ferdinand Kosole waltzes off with one, a husky wench with massive breastworks that should afford his gun a good lie. Now all the others are following his lead.

Resulta cómico, por otra parte, que la desgracia en este mundo venga tan a menudo de la mano de hombres cortos de talla. Son mucho más enérgicos que los altos. Siempre he evitado formar parte de compañías mandadas por hombres pequeños; en general son inaguantablemente necios.

all top-grade emperors need at least one war, otherwise they don't get famous. Have a look in your school history books - Stanislaus Kat Katczinsky

Kropp invece è un pensatore. Le dichiarazioni di guerra, egli propone, dovrebbero essere una specie di festa popolare, con biglietti d'ingresso e banda, come per i combattimenti dei tori. Poi, nell'arena, i ministri e i generali dei due stati avversari, in calzoncini da bagno e armati di manganello, si azzuffano. Vince il paese di quello che caccia l'altro sotto. Sarebbe assai più semplice e meglio di adesso, che s'ammazzano tra loro persone che non c'entrano. La proposta piace.

Every full grown emperor requires at least one war, otherwise he would not become famous.

No Senior military commander can for years on end expect his soldiers to lay down their lives for victory and then precipitate defeat by his own hand.

But in a situation like Sixth Army's, the German military code demands that when lives are at stake, the officers must take second place to the men. It

He added: "With few exceptions, the men who are running this Government are of a mentality that you and I cannot understand. Some of them are psychopathic cases and would ordinarily be receiving treatment somewhere.

that I ventured as far as my position would allow and by historical analogy warned men as solemnly as possible against half-educated leaders being permitted to lead nations into war.

At present, he said, I am responsible for conveying my associates to a place called Chicago. I understand it is somewhere in the hinterland.

It's all right to drill your crew, but why not drill the passengers.

I never gave them courage," he said. "I was able to focus theirs.

Churchill's great trick—one he had demonstrated before, and would demonstrate again—was his ability to deliver dire news and yet leave his audience feeling encouraged and uplifted.

In the end, Dodd proved to be exactly what Roosevelt had wanted, a lone beacon of American freedom and hope in a land of gathering darkness.

He sensed a rising "hysteria" among midlevel leaders of the Nazi Party, expressed as a belief "that the only safety lies in getting everybody in jail.

Coveting power for power's sake was a "base" pursuit, he wrote, adding, "But power in a national crisis, when a man believes he knows what orders should be given, is a blessing.

Elsewhere in the government, Dodd thought he detected a new and decidedly moderate bent, at least by comparison to Hitler, Göring, and Goebbels, whom he described as "adolescents in the great game of international leadership." It was in the next tier down, the ministries, that he found cause for hope.

It was because I had seen so much of injustice and domineering little groups, as well as heard the complaints of so many of the best people of the country, that I ventured as far as my position would allow and by historical analogy warned men as solemnly as possible against half-educated leaders being permitted to lead nations into war.