……. great people; delegate authority; get out of the way”
– Ronald Reagan
Tag Archives: authority
“Leadership is not …..
…… about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.”
– John Maxwell
“The ruler attains…..
…… wholeness in the correct governance of the people.”
– Lao Tzu
“A man can only lead when …..
……… others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him. All of the brilliant ideas in the world cannot save your kingdom if no one will listen to them.”
– Brandon Sanderson
“A leader. . .
…..is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.”
– Nelson Mandela
“The supreme quality for leadership……
…….. is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.”
– Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Leadership must be based on goodwill……
……. Goodwill does not mean posturing and, least of all, pandering to the mob. It means obvious and wholehearted commitment to helping followers. We are tired of leaders we fear, tired of leaders we love, and of tired of leaders who let us take liberties with them. What we need for leaders are men of the heart who are so helpful that they, in effect, do away with the need of their jobs. But leaders like that are never out of a job, never out of followers. Strange as it sounds, great leaders gain authority by giving it away.”
— Admiral James B. Stockdale
“Your position never gives you…..
…….. the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others may receive your orders without being humiliated.”
— Dag Hammarskjöld
“If a rhinoceros were to enter…….
…….. this restaurant now, there is no denying he would have great power here. But I should be the first to rise and assure him that he had no authority whatever.”
— G.K. Chesterton to Alexander Woollcott
Your position never gives you the right to command.
It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others may receive your orders without being humiliated.
— Dag Hammarskjöld
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