Quotes about Leadership

Government was founded on the working premiss of being primarily an asylum for ineptitude and indigence.

I reckon she's right. I reckon if there's ere a man or woman anywhere that He could turn it all over to and go away with His mind at rest, it would be Cora. And I reckon she would make a few changes, no matter how He was running it. And I reckon they would be for man's good. Leastways, we would have to like them. Leastways, we might as well go on and make like we did.

If I blow the conch and they don't come back; then we've had it. We shan't keep the fire going. We'll be like animals. We'll never be rescued. If you don't blow, we'll soon be animals anyway.

Maybe, he said hesitantly, maybe there is a beast. The assembly cried out savagely and Ralph stood up in amazement. You, Simon? You believe in this? I don't know, said Simon. His heartbeats were choking him. [...] Ralph shouted. Hear him! He's got the conch! What I mean is . . . maybe it's only us. Nuts! That was from Piggy, shocked out of decorum.

Character is always more caught than taught.

Success is causing the world around you to aspire to your inspiration.

Kings don't beg, they decree. They have only one destiny and that's to reign. God has made you king. Reign and rule, refuse to beg!

You are not a success until you start changing other lives permanently.

Some spiritual leaders try to be more committed. What they need is to be more submitted.

Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain

A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.

It is inevitable that any one who can borrow freely to cover errors of management will borrow rather than correct the errors.