Gerry Spence Quotes

Whether it's a blessing or a curse, it's a fact that we have power. Everyone—friend and enemy—looks to see how we use it, how we treat it, how we keep it.

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives.

Certainly I shall not be one of those who, having gained power, do not wish to use it.

As a brother, a landlord, a master, she considered how many people's happiness were in his guardianship! -- How much of pleasure or pain it was in his power to bestow! -- How much of good or evil must be done by him!

You gain or lose power according to the choices that you make.

Power should be reserved for weightlifting and boats, and leadership really involves responsibility.

Leadership is a choice, not a position.

Power has to be insecure to be responsive.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it.

Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power.

Power is power. It's energy. And if you get big, big energy, you can use that in a good way.

I am the guardian of power, not its owner.

Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.

Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.

In the end, as a leader, you are always going to get a combination of two things: what you create and what you allow.

In a very real way, ownership is the essence of leadership. When you are 'ridiculously in charge,' then you own whatever happens in a company, school, et cetera.

Even when you’re in charge, you’re not sure who’s in charge.

The person who manages the state is me.

When you have the ball in your hand, you're the most important guy in the whole organization.

Taking power is fine. But what do you do when you are in power?

I want to be the guy calling the shots.

I am better when I have control. I am not a power freak. But my point is that I need to feel that I can manage the team and have a direct, clear line through to the owners. Once that becomes hazy, for me, there is a problem.

I feel responsible for everybody, and I couldn't imagine a scenario where I wouldn't be directing what was happening, at the end.

Every decision that affects our lives will be made by the person who has the power to make that decision, not the 'right' person or the 'smartest' person or the 'best' person. Make peace with this fact.