Quotes about Leadership
I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
- Ecclesiastes 1:12
So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me.
- Ecclesiastes 2:9
I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed this second one, the youth who succeeded the king.
- Ecclesiastes 4:15
The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.
- Ecclesiastes 5:9
Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.
- Ecclesiastes 7:19
There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.
- Ecclesiastes 9:14
The calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools.
- Ecclesiastes 9:17
If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
- Ecclesiastes 10:4
There is an evil I have seen under the sun—an error that proceeds from the ruler:
- Ecclesiastes 10:5
Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.
- Ecclesiastes 10:16
The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.
- Ecclesiastes 12:11
If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.
- Song of Solomon 1:8