Quotes About Leadership

To test a man's character, give him power. Once people have power they will always reveal themselves.

Power has a social function.

Poor Ike. He'll say do this and do that and nothing at all will happen.

With kings and queens inside his bag. Hulaki was a man of power.

Respect of power is Important, But it shouldn't turn to Cowardice.

Olympus is still a patriarchy. Zeus heads his royal household as jealously as Jehovah rules his harem of dull, harp-playing angels. Both are templates for order on earth, don't you think?

There are some people, she says, not many, who have within them the power to change things. The courage to act in the service of somethin greater than themselves.

To take command, one must first create the illusion that command is already yours.

May our words blaze the way to our future

The Church is looking for better methods

I don't wear armor. I don't carry weapons. An emperor needs only his imagination.

It is a State of Mind... and am the president

Absolute power doesn't corrupt, but rather, reveals character.

People with power listen less carefully, and have difficulty taking into account what others already know.

Men with power had the responsibility to know what was best, and they so rarely did.

The power of the people is much stronger than the people in power

Growing your leadership capacity demands personal effectiveness. Being effective is the ability to do the right thing at all times, no matter the cost.

Just because you have power, doesn't mean you should use it, especially for the wrong reasons.

Security is not a license for people in authority to hide tactics they would never openly admit to using.

The best way to filter out the bad seeds was to place a job ad for Prime Minister in a national newspaper and all those that applied would be automatically disqualified.

It is not power that corrupts but fear. The fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.

The powers that be are ordained of God.

I always like a woman in power in politics. I think they're pretty inspirational in terms of looks to begin with. It's very calculated.