Michael Heseltine Quotes

When you're leading, don't talk.

If one has got power, one must manifest it in action.

Everyone has power. But it doesn't help if you don't use it.

The way to have power is to take it.

The world isn't one way or another. Things can be changed very, very rapidly by someone with sufficient confidence, sufficient knowledge and sufficient authority.

I don't believe that you have to dress in a masculine way to seem powerful. I think that the way a woman dresses doesn't have to be so aggressive. Being feminine is a powerful feature in itself. Power is in a person's demeanor.

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

When Nelson Mandela came into the room, he changed the room.

I'm not the kind of person who goes into the dressing room and says: 'I'm the Guv here.' But maybe I give off the aura that I'm the kind of person who can be a big player.

We were not born to sue, but to command.

Power is the basic energy needed to initiate and sustain action or, to put it another way, the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it. Leadership is the wise use of this power: Transformative leadership.

Power only tires those who don't exercise it.

Authority is 20% given and 80% taken...so take it!

Even if you don't have the authorities - and frankly I didn't have the authorities for anything - if you take charge, people will follow.

Leadership is not a popularity contest; it's about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.

If I wanted, I could have ruled half of Bombay.

Leadership is influence.

A great leader also has the ability to make people an inch taller in his presence.

Basically, to lead without a title is to derive your power within the organisation not from your position but from your competence, effectiveness, relationships, excellence, innovation and ethics.

Leadership is a choice, not a position.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

Power is the ability to get things done.

If you call yourself a leader, then you have to be decisive. If you're decisive, then you have the chance to be a leader. These are two sides to the same coin.