Marquis de Lafayette Quotes

I am the original... Those are my disciples.

Your part can be the king, but unless people are treating you like royalty, you ain't no king, man.

I've always had an entourage. Even when I was a little kid, I had a lot of little children following around me.

I’d like to be a queen of people’s hearts ... but I don’t see myself being Queen of this country.

Followers vie keenly with each others as to who shall rank first with his chiefs, the chiefs as to who shall have the most numerous and the bravest followers. It is an honor as well as a source of strength to be thus always surrounded by a large body of picked youths; it is an ornament in peace and a defense in war.

Men do not obey him by virtue of tradition or statute, but because they believe in him.

The enemies cannot destroy the king who has at his service the respect and friendship of the wise men who can find fault, disagree, and correct him.

I was not a queen bee, ever.

One thing I am is a leader and if I'm not allowed to lead, then I have to follow. So then I want to be the best follower that I can.

It's nice that I've grown up with the same friends since I was 12, I have a very close knit set of them... I grew up with a lot of people who a lot of other people regarded as heroes, and no one ever came to me for advice, no one ever came to me for protection, and so I don't ever really think I've been looked at as a hero.

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

I'm just as famous as my mentor... but that's still the boss don't get sent for

Respect for leaders by followers can't be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.

It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual resources.

Authority is not a quality one person 'has', in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him.

To me, being popular means I've got more friends. You've got to watch who your friends are, if you want to get close to them, but I've got a lot of acquaintances. And then, you've got to be real careful who your friends are, because you never know why they're your friend.

LET us honour the King by cherishing respectful Sentiments concerning him; speaking of him with Affection, with Esteem and Reverence; and by promoting a like Spirit and Conduct in others.

I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.

I am a collaborator with everyone who agrees that I need to be in control. I happily collaborate with my loyalists.

I'm a believer in trusting the director.

Empty threats are often worse than saying nothing at all. It's like leading from behind. Eventually, no one thinks you're leading at all. And after a while, no one is even listening.

Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.

I think trust is primarily built through relationships, and it's important because it's the foundational currency that a leader has with his team or his followers.

First of all; Frank was the BOSS. We didn't question any of his motives or decisions at the time.

I didn't always have 14,000 people wanting to hang out with me on a Saturday night.