Leadership is one of the most enduring, universal human responsibilities.
It is good to hold the asse by the bridle.
Do the thing and you will have the power. But they that do not the thing, had not the power.
I didn't have to step up into a leadership role, ... I just had to be there and help out where I could. But this year I had to be more of the man.
To make someone wait: the constant prerogative of all power.
We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited.
I was merely endeavoring to indicate that if we do not grab events by the collar they will have us by the throat. -Lord Vetinari
Nothing, you know, gives the body greater satisfaction than ordering people about, or at least believing in one's ability to do so.
I know of few men over 50 that seem to me entirely human, virtually none who has long exercised authority.
To lead means to direct and to exact, and no man dares do either - he might be unpopular. What authority we are given now is a trinity: the grin, the generality, and God (the Word).
Leadership, like responsibility, is a voluntary act.
Power is not a material possession that can be given, it is the ability to act. Power must be taken, it is never given.
