Quotes About Leadership

What leadership? Tildy thought. The president had been almost entirely absent in the debate about how to deal with the contagion, except to blame the opposing party for ignoring public health needs before he took office.

Bin Laden señalaba..«¿Cómo podéis pedirle a la gente que ahorre energía cuando todo el mundo puede ver vuestros espléndidos palacios iluminados noche y día? —preguntaba—. ¿No tenemos derecho a preguntaros, oh rey, adónde ha ido a parar todo el dinero? No os molestéis en responder: todos saben cuántos sobornos y comisiones han acabado en vuestros bolsillos.»

al-Qaidas ledare utarbetade en författning och förordningar, som beskrev organisationens utopiska målsättning i tydliga ordalag: Att upprätta sanningen, utplåna ondskan och upprätta en islamsk nation.

The example of this poor, dark-skinned man who turned the empire upside-down made a deep impression on the young Sadat. "I began to imitate him," he writes. "I took off all my clothes, covered myself from the waist down with an apron, made myself a spindle, and withdrew to a solitary nook on the roof of our house in Cairo.

The essence of leadership is not giving things or even providing visions. It is offering oneself and one's spirit.

This was like July 13th, 1943, the pivotal day of the Battle of the Kursk. We were like Alexander Vasilevsky, the Soviet general. If we attacked now, this minute, we had to keep on and on attacking until the enemy was run off his feet and the war was won. If we bogged down or paused for breath even for a second, we would be overrun again.

There's nothing shameful about taking orders from a woman of superior rank.

any structure that has a ranking system tempts you to try to climb it.

Reacher hadn't seen the guy before. Big hands, broad shoulders, a seamed face, clothes all covered with dirt. Chosen in some way, presumably, to be the point man. To be the spokesperson. The pick of the local litter, no doubt, according to popular acclaim.

Don't let ego get in the way of a good decision." "You just trashed every general in our nation's history.

The tall one sets the strategy, and the fat one works the angles. In

Reacher said, "I wish I could send you ahead. Instead of me. You're a grown-up. I don't care what happens to you. Come if you want. Stay with us all the way. But stay with us on my left-hand side." "Why that?" "I'm right-handed. I like freedom of movement." "Understood. Let's go.

Why me? Why didn't you do it?" "Like they say in England, why buy a dog and bark yourself?

He turned and saw the others come out after him. The not-very-magnificent seven.

primus inter pares

key. I need to move up into Duke's job. Then I'll be top boy on Beck's side. Then I'll

The fantastic cascade of bullshit coming down from senior officers with nothing better to do.

The way to take out a gang is to hit the leader first.

Delegation. Rule one in the modern environment. Especially against a guy so big.

Too many cooks spoil the broth, many hands make light work, great minds think alike, fools never differ.

First: Character is king.

Right there. Stan Reacher, nem con. Which was short for the Latin nemine contradicente, which meant no one spoke against, which meant no one else wanted the job.

Like they say in England, why buy a dog and bark yourself?' Back

We need to make fast decisions here. We can't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.