Laurell K. Hamilton Quotes

The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way.

Power flows to those who serve.

That's not to say Eddie's never done anything malicious. But he never grabbed power for power's sake. His position was gained only because he has that energy, and that's naturally where he ended up.

Not my power, but the power of the position, a power which could be used to help.

So I still seized the power, but I felt that if I officially made myself the boss, in black and white, it would be too intimidating for the other producers and the other men who worked on the show. In other words, I had the power, but I gave them the title.

I've always found when I was captain when other people were doing the talking for me, I didn't need to say as much, and when I did say one or two things, people tended to listen all the more.

We need a little more 'Hail to the Chief.'

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away.

Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.

A leader is best when people barely know that he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him. Fail to honor people, They fail to honor you. But of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is done, his aims fulfilled, they will all say, "We did this ourselves.

In peace, as there is more time to spare, the leaders are expected to persuade the rank and file, instead of commanding them.

To govern men, you must either excel them in their accomplishments, or despise them.

I lead my party. He [John Major] follows his.

Most history books are about power.

Power in itself has never attracted me, nor has position been my goal.

Nixon had this remarkably effective, deeply intense will to power. Reagan and I have a will to ideas.

I never say someone is powerful.

Taking on a leadership role doesn't mean that you only have to be personally ambitious.

I have no interest in the trappings of power.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else's dog around.

I like being powerful. I hope it doesn't go to my head. If somebody's going to have it, it might just as soon be me. There's always power, and it's just a matter of in whose hands it falls.

Follow me, the wise man said, but he walked behind.

Between being loved and being feared, I have always believed Machiavelli was right. If nobody is afraid of me, I’m meaningless.

My father says that those who want power and get it live in terror of losing it. That's why we have to give power to those who do not want it.

A leader leads from in front, by the power of example. A ruler pushes from behind, by means of the club, the whip, the power of fear.