“Leadership must be established from the top down.”
“Never do that by proxy which you can do yourself.”
“He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.”
“Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.”
“A crown, golden in show is but a wreath of thorns.”
“When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.”
“You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.”
“To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.”
“When a customer enters my store, forget me. He is king.”
“A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.”
“The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.”
“Eagles don't flock, you have to find them one at a time.”
“An order that can be misunderstood will be misunderstood.”
“Tell a person they are brave and you help them become so.”
“You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think.”
“The wealth of kings is in the affections of their subjects.”
Opes regum, corda subditorum
“When a blind man bears the standard, pity those who follow.”
“Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.”
“Those that rule must hear and be deaf, must see and be blind.”
“Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too.”
“I was not the lion, but it fell to me to give the lion's roar.”
“The man who follows a crowd will never be followed by a crowd.”
“Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average.”
“It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray.”
“Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.”
“Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right.”
“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way.”
“'Tis a dainty thing to command, though 'twere but a flock of sheep.”
“Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.”
“If I advance, follow me! If I retreat, kill me! If I die, avenge me!”