Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Quotable Quotes on leadership

Many of the greatest tyrantson the records of historyhave begun their reigns in the fairest mannerBut this unnatural powercorrupts both the heart and the understanding. - Edmund Burke

The men who succeed best in public lifeare those who take the risk ofstanding by their own convictions. - James A. Garfield

The man who is worthyof being 'a leader of men'will never complainabout the stupidity of his helpers,the ingratitude of mankindnor the inappreciation of the public.These are all a partof the great game of life.To meet them and overcome themand not to go down before themin disgust, discouragement or defeat -that is the final proof of power - William JH Boetcker

It is by attemptingto reach the top in a single leapthat so much miseryis caused in the world. - William Cobbett

Man can climb the highest summits,but he cannot dwell there long. - George Bernard Shaw

We don't need men with new ideasas much as we need menwho will put energy behind the old ideas. - William Feather

what makes greatnessis starting something that lives after you. - Ralph W. Sockman

Lots of folks confuse bad managementwith destiny. - Elbert Hubbard

Every great advance in natural knowledgehas involved the absolute rejection of authority. - Thomas Huxley

He who is firmly seated in authoritysoon learns to think security, and not progress,the highest lesson of statecraft. - James Russell Lowell

The administration of government,like a guardianship,ought to be directedto the good of those who confer,not of those who receive the trust. - Cicero

Nothing more impairs authoritythan a too frequent or indiscreet use of it.If thunder itself was to be continual,it would excite no more terrorthan the noise of a mill. - Alfred Kingston

The general story of mankind will evincethat lawful and settled authorityis very seldom resistedwhen it is well employed. - Samuel Johnson

Them morale of an organisationis not built from the bottom up;it filters from the top down. - Peter B. Kyne

The power of the stateis measured by the powerthat men surrender to it. - Felix Morley

There will never bea really free and enlightened stateuntil the state comes to recognise the individualas a higher and independent power,from which all its own power and authorityare derived,and treats him accordingly. - Henry David Thoreau
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