Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved
Niccolo Machiavelli
Managers are often so busy cutting through undergrowth, they don’t even realise they are in the wrong jungle. A leader climbs the tallest tree, surveys the situation and yells: ‘Wrong jungle’
Stephen Covey
A leader is a dealer in hope
Napoleon Bonaparte
You do not lead by hitting people over the head - that’s assault, not leadership.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the time does not Machiavelli
The desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world John le Carre
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
Michel de Montaigne
He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
Machiavelli
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they do not necessarily want to go but ought to be Rosalynn Carter
Former US First Lady
The nation had the lion’s heart. I had the luck to give the roar.
Sir Winston Churchill
Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow; don’t walk behind me, I may not lead; walk beside me, and just be my friend.
Albert Camus
