Quotes About Leadership

You led the Army of the Light, Turalyon,' Anduin thought, and his heart lifted. 'But this is the army of hope.

Object again and I will not take it well. Vol'jin and his loa named me the warchief of the Horde. And as warchief of the Horde, I decide what is important to reveal—and when and to whom. Is that understood?

Lady Vereesa, Lady Sylvanas—you are ordered to report to His Majesty, the king, at once." The two sisters looked at each other. "Something you did?" Vereesa asked—not as an accusation, but as a simple question. Sylvanas wasn't angry; it was a reasonable assumption.

Roger that, Lieutenant. We're boots to the ground. You need firepower? Walker shook his head at the man's enthusiasm. No firepower necessary. We're using brains today, Cudahy. I know it may be a novel experience for you four, but it's a good time to start.

Oh! What honour for the female sex! It is perfectly obvious that God has special regard for it when all these wretched people who destroyed the whole Kingdom – now recovered and made safe by a woman, something that 5000 men could not have done – and the traitors [have been] exterminated. Before the event they would scarcely have believed this possible.

You are the leader here. Obviiusly your skills are far superior to mine. I don't think I could fit into your life. I'm a loner, not the first lady.

Of course I will be dictating to you, Savannah. But please do not worry. I can assure you, I am quite good at it.

Every soldier needs a commander and it looks like I'm yours. You're a soldier. You need a commander. What makes you the boss? I'm bigger than you are, Draden said, his voice just a little arrogant. Shylah refrained from answering. What was the point? He was bigger.

Czar had been a ten-year-old boy who mastered the plan to keep them all alive in the hell they'd grown up in. He'd given them hope in their darkest times. He'd driven them to perfect their abilities.

Gregori's silver eyes moved over both women, then settled on Shea. "The child must be protected. It is no use appealing to Raven for logic, as she has none, and Mikhail is so besotted with her that he does not see his first duty, so it is up to you. For the sake of all of us, you must protect this child.

You both have gone soft," Gregori snickered. "No wonder our people have such problems. The women are ruling, and you two besotted idiots just follow along." Jacques' solid form wavered, became transparent. "We will see who proves to be the soft one, healer." His body completely disappeared from sight.

Contact the others, Jacques, tell them what's going on." "I think you just want to get out of this cave. You would rather face a vampire and human killers than a few little bats.

Because you're such a dick—tator." He found himself smiling all over again.

I follow someone's lead until they prove to me they aren't worth it and thin I don't.

Is he all right?" His voice was very soft, but commanding all the same. Mikhail was authoritative no matter the circumstances.

The corporal's morale is excellent verging on sublime, sir.

Crazy leaders teach us crazy habits.

a second-rate nation run with the economic vision of an Armenian pastry shop.

Good!" Ripley said, standing again. She was tall, imposing, and she liked the way a couple of the guys winced a little when she shouted. "That's because I blew it out of the airlock.

As the great Eugene Debs used to tell his socialist voters in the 1912 election campaign, he would not lead them into a Promised Land even if he could, because if they were trusting enough to be led in, they would be trusting enough to be led out again. He urged them, in other words, to do their own thinking.

One of the juiciest pleasures of life is to be able to salute and embrace, as elected leaders and honored representatives, people whom you first met when they were on the run or in exile or (like Adam) in and out of jail. I was to have this experience again, and I hope to have it many more times in the future: it sometimes allows me to feel that life is full of point.

Revolution from above, in some states and cases, is [...] often preferable to the status quo, or to no revolution at all.

George Orwell once observed that if Napoléon Bonaparte had been cut down by a musket ball as he entered Moscow, he would have been remembered as the greatest general since Alexander.

Not to dampen any parade, but if one asks if there is a single thing about Mr. Obama's Senate record, or state legislature record, or current program, that could possibly justify his claim to the presidency one gets ... what? Not much. Similarly lightweight unqualified 'white' candidates have overcome this objection, to be sure, but what kind of standard is that?