Arab Proverb Quotes

I don't mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say.

It is much safer to obey than to rule.

They go where I tell them and do what I tell them.

Those who can, must obey.

I will do exactly as the Prime Minister asks me.

I don't mind following good leaders.

Show me one director who does not get angry on their assistant for something that has gone wrong. But it is done out of my love. It's just fun when I tell them to face a wall and stand or kneel down in a corner. It's not like I want to punish them harshly. It's not to humiliate; it is to teach.

The more a leader is in the habit of demanding from his men, the surer he will be that his demands will be answered.

Rules without relationship leads to rebellion.

The man who says to one, go, and he goeth, and to another, come, and he cometh, has, in most cases, more sense of restraint and difficulty than the man who obeys him.

My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it.

No man doth safely rule, but he that hath learned gladly to obey.

It is much safer to be subject than it is to command. Many live in obedience more from necessity than from love. Such become discontented and dejected on the slightest pretext; they will never gain peace of mind unless they subject themselves wholeheartedly for the love of God.

The man who obeys is nearly always better than the man who commands.

When Caesar says, 'Do this', it is performed.

Giving orders you know won't be obeyed is one of the best ways I know to destroy your own authority.

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.

Learn to obey before you command.

Never give an order that can't be obeyed.

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is.

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

Children can be disciplined with love.

Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.

What's the difference between tough love and acting like a jerk?

If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.