Leadership Quotes

"I now demand that ye do the duty of the seamen."

"The masthead of this ship is my seat of state"

"All thy crew are thine!"

"I try all things, I achieve what I can; therefore I am Ahab."

"The helm! the helm! take the helm!"

"I never ask a favor unless I can convert it into a duty."

"There is one God that is Lord over the earth and one Captain that is lord over the Pequod"

"Ye are not other men, but my arms and my legs"

"I hope I shall have influence. One's life has value so far as one contributes to the lives of others."

"The Pequod's crew were nearly all Isolatoes too, I and my companions were joint wooden-legged kings all, owning allegiance to none but the Captain of the Pequod."

"I am the Ery of the ship! The captain of this crew!"

"Art thou too proud a man, Starbuck, to obey this work? Take the mainmast. Stand by!"

"There's one thing you might rely upon."

"Ahab never thinks; he only feels, acts."

"O, she is too noble a ship to be left thus, she is too brave a thing!"

"There is one God that is Lord over the earth, and one Captain that is lord over the Pequod."

"Now, the grand distinction drawn between officer and man at sea is this—the first keeps his mercury in the glass and carefully charts his course; the latter steers by what he sees above water."

"A gentleman is made by his actions, not his birth."

"True nobility comes from how we treat those beneath us."

"I am the captain of my fate."

"Some men are born to command, others to obey."

"Swerve me? ye cannot swerve me, else ye swerve yourselves!"

"A crew is only as strong as its weakest member's resolve"

"Leadership demands both wisdom and mercy."

"The greater the man the greater the courtesy."

"I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul."

"The higher a man stands, the greater the responsibility he bears."

"The greatest glory is in serving others, not in being served."

"Leadership is the burden of responsibility."

"A leader must know when to fight and when to retreat."