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4db65c0 He (LBJ) played on their fears as he played on their hopes. leadership manipulation motivation Robert A. Caro
86dd20c The advantage of a permanent emergency for the executive is that even trivial things can routinely be accomplished by the crisis presidency. If everything is an emergency, all power is emergency power. emergency leadership reaction Garry wills
9abba4b In democracies where the citizens may read, hear or say what they like, the leaders are no better and no worse than the followers. So perhaps, if we cannot blame the leaders because the job of peacemaking is a sorry mess, we can only blame ourselves. democracy leaders leadership peace peacemaking Martha Gellhorn
cecb2a9 As wars dwindled to skirmishes and our strength grew, so David was able to spend less time with military commanders and more with the engineers and overseers who were fanning out throughout the land, digging cisterns, making roads, fortifying, connecting, and generally making a nation out of our scattered people. defensiveness fragmentation leadership Geraldine Brooks
e40cdea If you don't contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you're not thinking. leadership leadership-development leadership-quotes self-improvement John C Maxwell
86deb83 A hunt leader could not show fear, or let it linger in his stomach, for others would sense it soon enough, taste that fear and become possessed by it. They would hesitate when an order was given, and uncertainty would claim their life as readily as the blade of the enemy. fear leadership Raymond E. Feist
37958ee The author points out that novices to total war, and this Hitler and the British press have in common, overreact to daily events and lose sight of overall strategy. leadership perspective William Manchester
68f9eb3 "The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader." - Quoting Derek Sivers" innovation leadership peer-pressure Adam M. Grant
398d772 It isn't enough merely to be open to ideas from others. Engaging the collective brainpower of the people you work with is an active, ongoing process. As a manager, you must coax ideas out of your staff and constantly push them to contribute. leadership Ed Catmull
c98f418 We are commanded by fools and incompetents. incompetent-person leadership Sean McMullen
d1b541c It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life. leadership life-lessons Robin Sharma
d25e711 ... none of them had it. They had no qualms about stealing, but they needed to be told. They liked to be told, and Viktor Chemmel liked to be the teller. It was a nice microcosm. leadership Markus Zusak
95e0aa9 "I spoke one time at the Library of Congress, in 1972, or so. A man stood up in the middle of the audience, when I was about halfway through, and he said, "What right have you, as leader of America's young people, to make those people so cynical and pessimistic?" I had no good answer, so I left the stage. Talk about profiles in courage!" leadership pessimism youth Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
29aad59 Mr Mandela, who had given his whole life for justice and had never once thought of himself. How unlike these people were modern politicians, who thought only of power and tricks. leadership politicians Alexander McCall Smith
e8a1016 The newly-minted captain is told to let nothing stop him but to do nothing that would risk his ship or his crew. leadership management risk Patrick O'Brian
c6b45a4 He disliked the social obligations of the captaincy. leadership Erik Larson
d26aafc Tunney has all the makings of a hero - he was clean living, intelligent, polite, reasonably good-looking - but, like Lou Gehrig, he lacked the chemistry that stirred affection. emotion enthusiasm leadership Bill Bryson
2b79b09 A compact organization lets all of us spend our time managing the business rather than managing each other. leadership organization Roger Lowenstein
7e8b3e4 "As much as Henry Kissinger wanted to attribute historical movement to impersonal forces, he too conceded to "the difference personalities make"." inspiration leadership Walter Isaacson
c1ffe74 Just because you can't act EVERYWHERE doesn't mean you don't act ANYWHERE. - Madeleine Albright humility job leadership priorities stewardship vocation Walter Isaacson
0d60f3b What other country has had the privilege of making the world's heart beat faster? inspiration leadership Barbara W. Tuchman
6f7101a House speaker Thomas read could see the trend, but he could not have changed himself. discernment integrity leadership Barbara W. Tuchman
c0b90ed Duty was not untinged by ambition. goal-setting leadership vocation work Barbara W. Tuchman
70f3549 The author says one patrician English leader saw his relationship with the populace thusly: He wasn't responsible TO them. He was responsible FOR them. He was responsible for their care. dominion idolatry leadership ministry paternalism Barbara W. Tuchman
7032448 Britain had an air of careless supremacy which GALLED her neighbors. compassion leadership relationships visuals Barbara W. Tuchman
191bb24 He was always acting, always enveloping himself in artificiality, perhaps to conceal the volcano within. imagery leadership optics statecraft Barbara W. Tuchman
5d8247c "Paraphrasing Plato's Republic: "Only people who have allowed themselves to be reformed by reality have it in themselves to reform their polis for the better." -- education leadership maturation self-discipline Rebecca Goldstein
7afb9f0 Avner had lived too long and become too canny to claim the crown of Israel for himself. inspiration leadership novelty optimism Geraldine Brooks
e32ded7 Even though he said no store in uncanny things, he was soldier enough to value with whatever weapon came to hand. leadership manipulation persuasion pragmatism Geraldine Brooks
e3ce6b8 The stories that grow up around a king are strong vines with a fierce grip. gossip leadership legend popularity repetitions Geraldine Brooks
f645960 I thought it best to add nothing further, to let the line of his thought lead him to his own conclusions. leadership Geraldine Brooks
8ef9354 This night he was a king before he was a man. At this time, this troubled me. Later, I would have cause to wish it were always so. leadership vulnerability Geraldine Brooks
0269996 David was at his best in group settings, soldier enough to join in the raucous jests, king enough to make it matter that he remembered some moments of bravery or sacrifice, and praised each man accordingly. influence leadership Geraldine Brooks
3bba1bc David ran through concrete advantages. And then set aside the practical. The pragmatist was gone, replaced by the poet and mystic. leadership stewardship Geraldine Brooks
3b1080a If soldiering did not interest him, the soldiers themselves were another matter. He loved to sit with the men and draw out their first-hand stories of past campaigns. heritage leadership statecraft Geraldine Brooks
cedda3f A newcomer could ascertain the identity of a town's true leaders - which storekeeper was respected, which farmer was listened to other farmers - only through endless hours of subtle probing of reticent men. leadership relationships retail-politics Robert A. Caro
b16e383 (Lyndon) Johnson created his own theater. enthusiasm leadership symbolism Robert A. Caro
38ddc76 He is not the leader of great causes, but the broker of little ones. leadership manipulation vision Robert A. Caro
a49390e While Lyndon Johnson was not, as his two assistants knew, a reader of books, he was, they knew, a reader of men-- a great reader of men. leadership others-focus Robert A. Caro
0ac2187 "Gen. de Gaulle is only concerned about history, and no jury can dictate the judgment of history." Georges Pompidou" heritage leadership legacy perspective popularity Mark Kurlansky
550093b DONOVAN: Court's a good leader. He doesn't hold my hand or treat anyone like a child. He's kicked a few *sses when guys went off script to make their own moves. Once he even scared the sh*t out of one of the older guys. leadership mc-romance new-adult-romance Bijou Hunter
af127f7 "I have never identified with the "K" in Kafka's works, by the way. Having grown up in a democracy, I have dared to imagine that I know at all times who is really in charge, what is really going on. This could be a mistake." kafka knowledge leadership Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
0a70aa9 Leading means running fast enough to keep ahead of your people leadership organization self-esteem S.M. Stirling
98e823f Leadership is influence inspirational leadership personal-growth John C. Maxwell
a067b8d Force is an ill broom to sweep anything clean with. leadership Evangeline Walton
e1bdc7b A lord who does not distribute wealth is a lord who will lose the allegiance of his men, facts greed leadership money politics responsibility rulership Bernard Cornwell
4c1a06d Women can enter (...) negotiations with the knowledge that showing concern for the common good, even as they negotiate for themselves, will strengthen their position. leadership Sheryl Sandberg
7cb48d2 A prophet is not someone who first had an idea. He is the one to first believe in it and take it to its conclusion. leadership prophecy Nassim Nicholas Taleb
8161d1c Character in leadership comes down to two questions: Would you trade places with anyone under your command? Do you hold yourself to the same level of accountability as those for whom you bear responsibility? leadership Gary J. Byrne
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