Quotes About Authority

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.

The sky cannot have two suns.

Well, Dwight was born to be No. 2 and I don't think he would know what to do as a leader. But he loves following. He would have made a great fascist.

Leadership is action, not position

The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.

A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him.

Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.

I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to the point of responsibility. I don't believe in giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people.

Never give an order that can't be obeyed.

What is the next thing you need for leadership? It is the ability to make up your mind to make a decision and accept full responsibility for that decision.

You are not prime minister of Australia because of some kind of process of divine selection. You are prime minister of Australia through the gift of the Australian people.

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.

Leave the fishing-rod, Great General, to us sovereigns of Pharos and Canopus. Your game is cities and kings and continents.

I became the leader because of my father's leadership and I was considered as powerful as same as my own father.

One man and a dozen fools would govern better than one man alone.

He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.

Leadership is something you earn, something you're chosen for. You can't come in yelling, 'I'm your leader!' If it happens, it's because the other guys respect you.

Ronald Reagan?wasn't without leadership ability, but he lacked most of the management skills that a President needs. But let me give him his due: he would have made a hell of a king.

The presidency is not merely an administrative office...It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.

Always do everything you ask of those you command.

Leaders when not leading are outcasts.

Without leadership, command is a hollow experience, a vacuum often filled with mistrust and arrogance.

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.