J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

When a man assumes leadership, he forfeits the right to mercy.

Failure is almost never at the cost of those responsible.

If I do bad, shoot me.

There is a big difference between being a leader and actually leading.

The practice of leadership is not the same as the exercise of power.

Leaders, whether in the family, in business, in government, or in education, must not allow themselves to mistake intentions for accomplishments .

A good leader takes care of those in their charge. A bad leader takes charge of those in their care.

I am so anxious for you not to abdicate and I think the fact that you do is going to put me in the wrong light to the entire world because they will say that I could have prevented it.

Players have responsibility, and if they don't do their job, certain things happen. Coaches have responsibility. If they don't do their job, things happen.

Somebody gets to be smart and somebody gets to be dumb. If we win, it'll be because of the president. And if we lose, it'll be because of me.

It's about you. If you win, it's you; if you lose, it's you. Black and white. Nowhere to hide.

Everything rises and falls on leadership.

You who choose to lead must follow. But if you fall, you fall alone.

You get blamed for whatever happens on your watch.

Failure will be sanctioned.

Victory finds a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

I want to know what he did and who he failed.

I accept the responsibility but not the blame. Let me explain the difference. Those who are to blame lose their jobs. Those who are responsible do not.

… the always unfortunate general is always a culpable one

We all make mistakes. In public life, we make them in public view.

If heads don’t roll, nobody makes any changes

Anybody that has had a brush with what feels like undiluted evil often ends up asking themselves the same questions - whether it's something that was a consequence of their own actions or actions that were taken against them or actions that they were caught up in.

I take responsibility for everything that happens in the SNP as leader.

I am always the one who is responsible for anything bad that happens in Indian cricket. Everything that happens is because of me.

If you had special powers, it wouldn't be all fun and games. There would be regrets for things you've done.