Quotes About Leadership

So Mordecai went and did all that Esther had instructed him.

Esther replied, “This is my petition and my request:

The king extended the gold scepter toward Esther, and she arose and stood before the king.

Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.

And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the kingís administrators helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.

For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.

For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.

He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.

He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established.

When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,

the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.

I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.

who says to kings, ëYou are worthless!í and to nobles, ëYou are wicked,í

that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people.

“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”

Therefore be wise, O kings; be admonished, O judges of the earth.

Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.

You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:

He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.

You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.

When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.

Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my oppressors.

For You are my rock and my fortress; lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name.

Your sons will succeed your fathers; you will make them princes throughout the land.