Quotes about Leadership Dynamics

Every movement has radicals. But the important thing is that the radicals are not the leaders.

The rage was in me, and if it wasn't for the rage, then I wouldn't know how to be calm. They feed off of each other. Just like when Malcolm X fed off Martin Luther King. They needed each other.

To generate positive creative friction, you need people who'll tell you 'No.'

There must be some tensions in a team, which you can't always wipe away or smooth over.

In politics you must always keep running with the pack. The moment that you falter and they sense that you are injured, the rest will turn on you like wolves.

Why does it have to be politics? Is there a dynamism to that world and a theoretical capacity to do things that draws many talented people? Absolutely. Are there other ways to be involved and lead an interesting life? Of course.

Of course, Third World leaders love you. By ascribing third world ills to First World sins, you absolve them of blame for their countries' failure to advance.

No state, no government exists. What does in fact exist is a man, or a few men, in power over many men.

As Grandfather used to say, 'In a crowd, everyone plays follow-the leader, even when they don't know who's leading.

Power has been called many things. The ultimate aphrodisiac. An absolute corrupter. A mistress. A violin. But its true nature remains elusive. After all, a head of state wields a very different sort of power than

There may be a worse form of government than theocracy in the long run, but offhand I can't think of any.

In any organization, someone must be the boss. If it's even just one person, you've got to be the boss of yourself.

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.

Watch out for the leaders, Crake used to say. First the leaders and the led, then the tyrants and the slaves, then the massacres. That's how it's always gone.

Beheading a Queen had not alarmed the populace as much as appointing one Finance Minister would.

It is a common law of nature, which no time will ever change, that superiors shall rule their inferiors.

The bronze rider of Mnementh, Lord F'lar, will require quarters for himself. I, F'nor, brown rider, prefer to be lodged with the wingmen. We are, in number, twelve." F'lar liked that touch of F'nor's, totting up the wing strength, as if Fax were incapable of counting.

Women kept the world running, really. (There was a definite difference between 'running the world' and 'keeping it running.')

It's okay. Let your ego push you to be the initiator. But tell your ego that the best way to get something shipped is to let other people take the credit. The real win for you (and your ego) is seeing something get shipped, not in getting the credit when it does.

Two commanders on the same field are always one too many

What happened to him? (Lioness) He pissed me off. (Savitar) Why hasn't one of the other jaguars taken his place? (Lioness) He pissed me off...big time. (Savitar)

That was the definition of management—getting others to do your work for you. And we were the others.

Like dealing with Dad-all give and no take. (On negotiating with Soviet Premier Nikita S Khrushchev)

Surrounded by followers, he was alone.