Leadership Quotes

If a man means to be hard, let him keep in his saddle and speak from that height, above the level of pleading eyes, and with the command of a distant horizon. ~ The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." ~ Henry IV, Part Two by William Shakespeare "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." ~ Henry IV, Part Two by William Shakespeare "The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane, and devoted natures; the unselfish and the intelligent may begin a movement--but it passes away from them. They are not the leaders of a revolution. They are its victims." ~ Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad It is an old prerogative of kings to govern everything but their passions. ~ The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens He was obeyed, yet he inspired neither love nor fear, nor even respect. He inspired uneasiness. That was it! ~ Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad To be vested with enormous authority is a fine thing; but to have the on-looking world consent to it is a finer. ~ A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain