Frans van Houten Quotes

People don't follow titles, they follow courage.

Boldness and decision command, often even in evil, the respect and concurrence of mankind.

Courage breeds leadership.

To be a leader, you have to make people want to follow you, and nobody wants to follow someone who doesn't know where he is going.

You pick out the big men! I’ll make them brave!”

Courage is contagious. If a leader shows courage, others get the idea.

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don't have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Throughout my years, I haven't had that fear.

A leader is a person you will follow to a place you wouldn't go by yourself.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

My mom is very confident and she was always a role model of mine.

I am and always will be a leader.

Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.

The leader of men in warfare can show himself to his followers only through a mask, a mask that he must make for himself, but a mask made in such form as will mark him to men of his time and place as the leader they want and need.

The blood more stirs  To rouse a lion than to start a hare!

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

Leadership is having the trust of the people are trying to lead.

People will only follow you if they see you're ahead, are convinced you know the route, trust you, and want to get there too.

At the heart of leadership is the leader's relationship with followers. People will entrust their hopes and dreams to another person only if they think the other is a reliable vessel.

Giving the gift of courage is contagious.

If you're the leader, you have to communicate the message of immortality to your people. Because I believe if a leader hides behind a rock, then the people will hide behind a mountain.

Caution and cynicism are safe, but soldiers don't want to follow cautious cynics.

If somebody says I'm a leader or notices the things I try to do to be a leader, it's the ultimate compliment.

I feel people look up to me.

It's only a big man who makes you feel big.