Quotes about Leadership Dynamics

who went on to write one of Louis XVI and a good synography of Robespierre. They

In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone.

He [Woodrow Wilson] could write Notes from Sinai or Olympus; he could remain unapproachable in the White House or even in the Council of Ten and be safe. But if he once stepped down to the intimate equality of the Four, the game was evidently up.

A year is an eternity in politics - though less than a moment in history.

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.

After this time I surpassed all others in authority, but I had no more power than the others who were also my colleagues in office.

Men might rule the world, but women created life, made it grow within them. Without the womb there was no kingdom to govern, and a king was as useless as the next man.

For as in the government of states it is sometimes necessary to bridle one faction with another, so it is in the government within.

Reagan used to say that 'we're a country with a government.' Well, now we're a government with a country, and we're making everybody else that way, too.

The jobs of manager and director of football are too big for one individual - this I realised very quickly.

When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

Business is doing better than governments.

When you have been coached by Ancelotti and other greats, it's hard to be coached by Domenech!

That first year I was doing 'Grey's,' I didn't know it was possible to fire the creator of a show off their own show, so I didn't behave like somebody who was afraid of being fired.

They say nature abhors a vacuum, but it doesn't like two take-charge personalities in the same vicinity either.

He shook his head. Everyone fears me, except you, Latro. When a man is respected, no one wants to plant a dagger in his back. When he is feared, everyone thinks upon it, and tests the point.

These chaps everyone's been shouting at to change things, they're the very chaps that do so well as things are. Think they're going to make new rules for a game they always win? Not ruddy likely.

He was the subject of a little respectful ribbing. But he was, of course, the captain, which meant he had to do lots of the ribbing himself.

You watch some teams these days and you wonder if they just met on the playground and decided to choose up sides.

Presidents always want to do nice, noble, long-run things, and Congress is less keen to do so. We've seen that throughout the history of this country.

The BJP is not a party dependent on a single individual, nor is it tied to the apron strings of a family.

Neurotics, proceed with delusions of grandeur. Napoleon Bonaparte, take the lead. Jesus Christ, bring up the rear. Simulate severe depression. Non-communicative with repressed hostility.

At school, when they had to do group projects, Spencer always insisted on doing most of the work. The others will just screw it up, she always thought. They won't do it as well as I can.

The friendship between officers is tarnished by the need for one or another to be promoted. The kindness of a captain is predicated on the obedience and efficiency of his underlings.