John Keegan Quotes

I do think that it's extremely important with this character show her assuming power with a great deal of grace, and find out how to do things she won't like - the things she's called upon to do.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Women deeply want men who are competent and powerful. And I don't mean power in that they can exert tyrannical control over others. That's not power. That's just corruption.

Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint.

Overall, the challenge of leadership is both moral and one of developing the characteristics that make us respected by one another.

Character is power.

If you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Power won't change me.

Most people can bear adversity; but if you wish to know what a man really is give him power.|

When we lack integrity, we use power to control. When we lead with integrity, we use power to bless.

Power without abuse loses its charm.

People don't follow titles, they follow courage.

Power is dangerous unless you have humility.

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

The best people to have power are the ones who don't want it.

So I still seized the power, but I felt that if I officially made myself the boss, in black and white, it would be too intimidating for the other producers and the other men who worked on the show. In other words, I had the power, but I gave them the title.

Power is power. It's energy. And if you get big, big energy, you can use that in a good way.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away.

I don't like the idea of 'I've played nine years, I've made some All-Star teams, I make the most money. I've got to be a leader.' That doesn't make you a leader. Treating people the right way is more important.

It is a law woven into the nature of man, attested by history, by science, by literature and art, and by dally experience, that strength of mind and force of character are the supreme rulers of human affairs.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.