Quotes About Leadership

So the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the rulers of the provinces assembled for the dedication of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up, and they stood before it.

In response, Daniel said to the king, “You may keep your gifts for yourself and give your rewards to someone else. Nevertheless, I will read the inscription for the king and interpret it for him.

and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.

Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,

and over them three administrators, including Daniel, to whom these satraps were accountable so that the king would not suffer loss.

Soon, by his extraordinary spirit, Daniel distinguished himself among the administrators and satraps. So the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.

Thus the administrators and satraps sought a charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no charge or corruption, because he was trustworthy, and no negligence or corruption was found in him.

So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said, “O King Darius, may you live forever!

Therefore King Darius signed the written decree.

Then King Darius wrote to the people of every nation and language throughout the land: “May your prosperity abound.

So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a ram with two horns standing beside the canal. The horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one grew up later.

I saw the ram charging toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against him, and there was no deliverance from his power. He did as he pleased and became great.

The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.

In the latter part of their reign, when the rebellion has reached its full measure, an insolent king, skilled in intrigue, will come to the throne.

In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes, a Mede by descent, who was made ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—

O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.

“And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to strengthen and protect him.

Then a mighty king will arise, who will rule with great authority and do as he pleases.

The king of the South will grow strong, but one of his commanders will grow even stronger and will rule his own kingdom with great authority.

For the king of the North will raise another army, larger than the first, and after some years he will advance with a great army and many supplies.

And with a large army he will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South, who will mobilize a very large and powerful army but will not withstand the plots devised against him.

Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel.

“Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly.