Leadership Quotes
What separates leaders from the crowd? These words from history's most influential figures reveal the answer.
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"When you have many things depending on your decision, you can be paralyzed by the consideration of consequences."Gaius Helen Mohiam
"A duke and his people must understand that personal interest must always bow to the common good."Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
"He is too good. Too quick. Too perfect."Graff
"He would have been a great military commander."Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
"He was not a natural leader."Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
"I've found that the greatest warriors often have the most philosophical minds"Anacreon
"The most powerful weapon is the ability to predict the future"Hari Seldon
"To lead is to bear the weight of others' futures"The Four Kingdoms' various leaders
"I would find it hard to sit on the Iron Throne."Stannis Baratheon
"There is no time for sentiment."Stannis Baratheon
"The greatest threat to any empire is the ignorance of its people"Hari Seldon
"To rule is to serve."Paul Atreides
"The real strength of any civilization is the quality of its thought"Salvor Hardin
"Those who would rule must first understand that they are ruled by forces beyond their control"Hari Seldon
"I am crowned with light."Daenerys Targaryen
"A leader is someone who does what he believes is right, consequences be damned."Mazer Rackham
"I have to know how to lead without anyone knowing I'm leading them."Ender Wiggin
"We needed a leader, and they gave us a child."Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
"A king must know how to listen, or he will hear nothing but his own voice"Catelyn Stark
"A true leader places the needs of his people before his own desires"Stannis Baratheon
"A leader must see beyond the present moment"Hari Seldon
"A person is smart. People are dumb"Salvor Hardin
"To rule men, you must understand them"Salvor Hardin
"In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him."Ender Wiggin
"He was like a magnet. Everyone wanted to be near him."Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
"No one else could have done it."Graff
"The enemy's gate is down."Mazer Rackham
"Nothing can be more important than the mission."HAL 9000
"A Stark must lead the Night's Watch"Jon Snow
"You're the only one who can command the fleet when the time comes."Mazer Rackham