Abraham Kuyper Quotes

I have no right to be a king, but I have the right to create a king.

Where power is absent we may find the robe of genius, but we miss the throne.

It took me six years to get close to Picasso. I learnt a lot from him, and he was an absolute genius. He almost became my grandfather at the time. It was like he was a magician or something.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

Power should be reserved for weightlifting and boats, and leadership really involves responsibility.

If I wanted, I could have ruled half of Bombay.

Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear.

I have walked majestically with kings and queens and presidents and other heads of states.

Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should have power or not? It is born in them.

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.

To have command is to have all the power you will ever need. To have all the power you will ever need, is to have the world in the palm of you hand.

The greatest power is not money power, but political power.

Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius, is, above all, force.

Leadership is about vision and responsibility, not power.

If you are in a position to influence someone, you are a leader.

Great is the hand that holds dominion over man by a scribbled name.

I am the guardian of power, not its owner.

There is a wonderful feeling of power when you're a director, but I don't think I need that, and I'm OK without it.

I am and always will be a leader.

The world isn't one way or another. Things can be changed very, very rapidly by someone with sufficient confidence, sufficient knowledge and sufficient authority.

Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.

Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.

Being a leader doesn't mean you created something or you did something great in the past or some other person has given you any kind of authority.

In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.