W. Averell Harriman Quotes

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.

Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions.

The first internal relation that is essential to a secret society is the reciprocal confidence of its members.

I know a way to stay friends forever, There's really nothing to it, I tell you what to do, And you do it.

To be honest, the fact that people trust you gives you a lot of power over people. Having another person's trust is more powerful than all other management techniques put together.

would make you know and be known by to characters of influence in the affairs of our country …. You would be one of my family.

It’s good to have a good friend in power.

You must love those you lead before you can be an effective leader. You can certainly command without that sense of commitment, but you cannot lead without it.

Your reputation is the most important thing you've got in Washington.

Followship is just as important as leadership. It's very important that you'll know if you're a great leader because you will have awesome followship. And the people behind you will take that burden of responsibility.

You who are in power have only the means that money produces — we who are in expectation, have those which devotion prompts.

I would not be a Moses to lead you into the Promised Land, because if I could lead you into it, someone else could lead you out of it.

Power goes to two poles: to those who've got money and those who've got people.

It's in the nature of the Presidency that most of the people youy meet want something.

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

Leadership contains certain elements of good management, but it requires that you inspire, that you build durable trust. For an organization to be not just good but to win, leadership means evoking participation larger than the job description, commitment deeper than any job contract's wording.

When a manager calls you and says you are part of his plans and that he trusts you, then you will give everything for him.

Leadership is important in politics.

I have only put my reputation on the line three times with people, Cesaro being one of them.

The great thing about David Poile and Nashville is they believe in the people that they hire and they stick with the people that they hire.

I will do everything in my power to keep my readers.

Prime Minister Abe's top-level relation-building is tremendous. I can't do the same.

I come from a place where when you shake someone's hand, it is a deal.

I am in politics. Here, it is not possible to know everyone around you. How can I take responsibility for all those who support me or work for me or simply hang around me?

When you have someone that manages, coaches you, and you follow, and you believe, and you do everything that you can because you believe in that idea in your leader, that stays forever. That is the impact Jose Mourinho had on me.