LL Cool J Quotes

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

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.

He makes a great mistake... who supposes that authority is firmer or better established when it is founded by force than that which is welded by affection.

We have got to stop worrying about being loved and start worrying about being respected. And that's exactly how I'll lead our country.

Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.

I will work my heart out to earn the trust of the people of Massachusetts.

Live so that your friends can defend you, but never have to

No people in Europe is more faithful to their sovereign than Russians. They fear and love their Tsar in equal measure.

If You are among the people, gain allies as does a man worthy of trust who reaches the heart. He who reaches the heart, does not vent his belly's speech.) He will himself become a man who commands, a man of means thanks to his behavior.

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

You have got to be loyal to people beneath you.

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.

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854.

The man of upright life is obeyed before he speaks.

Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.

You know, at the end of the day, the only thing you have is trust and honor in this world. That's all you have. All you have is your reputation built on trust and your personal honor. When you don't have that anymore, well, you know, there you go. Trust was broken.

Greatness is not guarding yourself from the people; greatness is being accepted by the people.

You've got to give loyalty down, if you want loyalty up.

No one loves the man whom he fears.

Every time somebody speaks of my honesty, there is someone who quivers inside me.

In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.

One piece of advice that always stuck in my mind is that people should be respected and trusted as people, not because of their position or title.

And I'm afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust.

When you're a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls - you want to get the most girls. You don't know anything about respect; you don't know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.