Quotes About Leadership

It's damned hard to fire another human being face-to-face, which is why you sort of have to congratulate Ted Turner, who took it upon himself to fire his own son from the family business—over dinner.

The key to project success is being proactive. Instead of waiting for others to tell you what to do,

Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure.

I came to believe that a leader isn't good because they're right; they're good because they're willing to learn and to trust.

Authority systems must be based on people arranged in a hierarchy. Thus the critical question in determining control is, Who is over whom? How much over is far less important than the visible presence of a ranked ordering.

There is a certain discomfort in not knowing who the boss is, and subjects sometimes frantically sought to determine this.

Well more than two thirds of the press releases from Douglas MacArthur's command reference only one person – himself.

Few individuals significantly alter the course of history. Fewer still modify the map of the world. Hardly anyone can be credited with creating a nation-state. Mohammad Ali Jinnah did all three.

How you coach them is how they're going to play.

Shanahan (the head coach) doesn't allow failure to take root.

Jason (Elam, a Christian) is the kid in high school who gets along equally well with the jocks, the brains, the geeks, and the slackers, and influences their behavior.

An exercise in power should never be merely and indulgence.

the great masses always and at once respond to the force of gravity in the direction of the powers that be.

Talleyrand define con enojo el cargo de ministro de Policia: "El ministro de Policia es un hombre que se ocupa, en primera línea, de todos los asuntos que le importan, y en segundo lugar, de todos los que no le importan".

Este es uno de los secretos de casi todas las revoluciones y el destino trágico de sus caudillos: sin tener sed de sangre, verse obligados a derramarla.

Elizabeth set an example to the monarchs of her day and of subsequent epochs, in that she never arrogated to herself the position of ruler of England, but assumed the more modest role of administrator, of carrier-out of the folk-will, of servitor to the national mission; she understood the trends of the epoch that was emerging from an autocratic regime into a constitutional regime.

Zweig hace resucitar una vez más la figura trágica del capitán Scott, que nos mostró que en el hundimiento hay gloria y que puede otorgarse vida a otros mientras uno pierde la suya propia.

A través de la falta de coraje y decisión del general Grouchy en la batalla de Waterloo, nos advierte de que la historia la determinan hombres atrevidos.

Robespierre) SaÄŸduyu ve erdeme a??r? baÄŸnazl?kla baÄŸl? bir kiÅŸi olarak, kar??s?ndakilerin anlaÅŸmak ve boyun eÄŸmek için yapt?klar? bütün baÅŸvurmalar? geri çevirir. Hatta politikan?n anlaÅŸmaya zorlad??? durumlarda bile onun sert kinciliÄŸi ve kat? gururu buna engel olur.

la hazaña de Magallanes supera a todas las de su tiempo y significa para nosotros una gloria singular en medio de sus glorias: la de no haber inmolado, como ocurre la mayor parte de las veces, la vida de miles y centenares de miles por su idea, sino solamente la propia vida.

Die erste Lehre war gegeben: daß die großen Männer immer die gütigsten sind.

nada parece más difícil en la tierra que renunciar al Poder.

Zavall? galipler olarak Tallien ve Barras, kendilerinden önceki ihtilal büyüklerine, Danton ve Robespierre'e katillerin cesetleri diye söverek, saÄŸ yandaki s?ralara, Cumhuriyetin gizli düÅŸmanlar? olan ?l?ml? politikac?lar?n yan?na korka korka oturduklar? an, yaln?zca tarihe ve ihtilal ruhuna deÄŸil, kendi kendilerine de ihanet etmiÅŸ oluyorlar.

Pero ya sabemos por la Historia que ese «jamás» de los reyes, de los políticos y de los generales suele casi siempre ser el preludio de una capitulación.