Brandon Sanderson Quotes

You can only lead if the people that you're leading want to be led.

The real leader holds the power, not just the position.

The responsibility of leadership is not taken, it is given. Only when others choose to follow us can we truly lead.

There are leaders, and there are those who lead.

Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or made free by it; whether he is moved by other people and outer forces or moves them - this is of the essence of leadership.

All men are created to lead, but we need somebody to lead us.

The only test of leadership is that somebody follows.

I think that you can't choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.

Leaders are leaders only as long as they have the respect and loyalty of their followers.

Being a leader gives you charisma. If you look and study the leaders who have succeeded, that's where charisma comes from, from the leading.

If you call yourself a leader, then you have to be decisive. If you're decisive, then you have the chance to be a leader. These are two sides to the same coin.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.

If I can inspire some leaders, that would be great. I don't know if I want to be a leader.

I’ve never formally been number 1 in the Party, but everybody keeps hanging around me, showing me deference. I have to give the nod on every important decision. I carry too much weight and that is not good for the Party or the state.

Leadership is having the trust of the people are trying to lead.

If you want to lead, you have to heed.

I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without my persuading them. That's all the powers of the President amount to.

A lot of people think that they are leaders just because they have been placed in charge of something - and you're not.

If Advaniji did not want, I would never have been Prime Minister.

With all the problems we are having, I won't be afraid to tell leadership, 'You need to explain to me why I should follow you anywhere.'

I never view myself as a leader.

I don't see myself as a leader, I just feel that everything I say, people are listening and people are doing.

Leaders are meant to lead from the front, but at the same time, they are also meant to listen to what their followers are saying.

A leader must not let critics set the agenda.