Quotes About Authority

Two commanders on the same field are always one too many.

Everyone is a leader because everyone influences someone.

We very often confuse personality with leadership.

If I were to command a general to turn into a seagull, and if the general did not obey, that would not be the general's fault. It would be mine.

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

The function of a leader within any institution: to provide that regulation through his or her non-anxious, self-defined presence.

True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned. It comes only from Influence.

The symbol of the lion, throughout history, throughout cultures, is one pure, radiant symbol and that is leadership, kingship

The power to lead is the power to mislead, and the power to mislead is the power to destroy.

Leadership is not a matter of authority, it is a matter of influence. A true leader teaches others to understand more, motivates them to be more and inspires them to become more.

To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.

If you wish to succeed in managing and controlling others - learn to manage and control yourself.

The chief occupational hazard of leadership is pride.

I realised early on that there were two groups of people in the world: those who made the decisions and those who had the decisions made for them. I wanted to be one of the decision-makers.

You can't defer if you're the person who's in the leadership position.

A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.

I am defining leadership in terms of the role, not the position.

If you are guided by opinion polls, you are not practicing leadership -- you are practicing followership.

The multitude who require to be led, still hate their leaders.

Remember, Monsieur, that the downfall of most Communities comes from the cowardice of Superiors in not holding firm and in not purging them of the troublesome and incorrigible.

What you can't enforce, do not command.

Management is formal authority given from above. Leadership is moral authority given from below and all around.

Without [firmness] I see the majority of Communities that are lax reach that state because of the excessive leniency of Superiors. So, be firm, Monsieur.

Each of us was created to rule, govern, control, master, manage, and lead our environments. You are in essence a leader, no matter who you are.