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Niccolo Machiavelli2 quotes
It is much safer to be feared than loved. — Niccolo Machiavelli · 1527This leads to a debate: is it better to be loved than feared, or the reverse? The answer is that it is desirable to be both, but because it is difficult to join them together, it is much safer for a prince to be feared than loved, if he is to fail in one of the two. — Niccolo Machiavelli · 1532Benjamin Franklin1 quote
He that cannot obey, cannot command. — Benjamin Franklin · 1734Booker T. Washington1 quote
Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him. — Booker T. Washington · 1901General Ralph Landry1 quote
You know, when Khruschev was forced out, he sat down and he wrote two letters and gave them to his successor. He said, "When you get yourself into a situation you can't get out of, open the first letter, and you'll be safe. When you get yourself into another situation you can't get out of, open the second letter." Well, soon enough, this guy found himself in a tight place so you open the first letter which says blame everything on me. So he blamed the old man, it worked like a charm. When he got himself into a second situation he couldn't get out of, he opened the second letter. It said, "Sit down, and write two letters." — General Ralph Landry · 2000George W. Bush1 quote
I'm the decider. — George W. Bush · 2006Harry Truman1 quote
I wonder how far Moses would have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt? What would Jesus Christ have preached if He had taken a poll in the land of Israel? — Harry Truman · 1954Homer1 quote
Bad herdsmen ruin their flocks. — Homer · 700 BCJean Chretien1 quote
Leadership means making people feel good. — Jean Chretien · 1984Jesus1 quote
They be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. — Jesus · 60John F. Kennedy1 quote
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. — John F. Kennedy · 1963John Kenneth Galbraith1 quote
All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership. — John Kenneth Galbraith · 1977Junior Soprano1 quote
You steer the ship the best way you know. Sometimes it's smooth, sometimes you hit the rocks. — Junior Soprano · 2001Michael Scott1 quote
Would I rather be feared or loved? Um, easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me. — Michael Scott · 2005Oscar Martinez1 quote
Look, it doesn’t take a genius to know that any organization thrives when it has two leaders. Go ahead, name a country that doesn’t have two presidents; a boat that sets sail without two captains. Where would Catholicism be without the popes? — Oscar Martinez · 2009Tony D'Amato1 quote
You're a goddamn quarterback! You know what that means? It's the top spot, kid. It's the guy who takes the fall. It's the guy everybody's looking at first—the leader of a team—who will support you when they understand you. Who will break their ribs and their noses and their necks for you, because they believe. 'Cause you make them believe. That's a quarterback. — Tony D'Amato · 1999Tony Soprano1 quote
All due respect, you got no fucking idea what it’s like to be Number One. Every decision you make affects every facet of every other fucking thing. It’s too much to deal with almost and, in the end, you’re completely alone with it all. — Tony Soprano · 2004William Shakespeare1 quote
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. — William Shakespeare · 1597