William Collins Quotes

Trust your leaders and you will enjoy the fruits of your obedience.

The White House Chief of Staff must always remember that he is staff and not chief.

It's not my job to try and alter the director's style - he's in charge, and I'll always give him my trust.

Good servants frequently make good masters.

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is.

Even the frankest and bravest of subordinates do not talk with their boss the same way they talk with colleagues.

A disciplined person is one who follows the will of the one who gives the orders.

We all learn submission because we all have 'bosses', whether we're presidents of companies or not. The easiest place to learn it is in family.

Any non-commissioned officer is more of an enemy to a recruit, any schoolmaster to a pupil, then they are if they were free.

My relationship with George Steinbrenner was great. He was the boss, and I accepted that.

I'll answer to none but the King himself.

That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.

The absolute subordination of the Civil Service from the highest to the lowest, their unquestioning obedience to the King, together with their absolute responsibility not only for then- own actions, but also for those of their colleagues and their inferiors, created among them an extremely strong sense of professional honour, solidarity, arid of' professional pride. The influence of the nobility and of Society diminished unceasingly. The service of the King required undivided attention

It's the way we are - our people show their respect to their leaders by keeping quiet. It is considered rude to speak your mind.

I'm not going to kiss any rings from anybody.

You have to listen to the people who employ you.

I always accept the decisions of the coach.

The coach is the boss at the end of the day. I do whatever he tells me and don't ask questions.

One thing I am is a leader and if I'm not allowed to lead, then I have to follow. So then I want to be the best follower that I can.

Ultimately, my boss is the audience.

As my great friend Aristotle said, 'If you cannot command, you must learn to listen.' I'm not the hierarchy here. I am a worker bee.

Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.

I mean loyalty - you know, look, first we serve the people. I've always looked at that. You serve the people first. But having said that, you never forget who's in charge. You never forget who the CEO of a country is when you decide to serve. And so everyone works at the pleasure of the president. And that's what, you know, we have to remember is if he doesn't feel comfortable, he can do something about it.

Authority is not a quality one person 'has', in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him.

Learn to obey before you command.