Harriet Harman Quotes

And then when they picked me as premiere, I don't think I feel, you know, different. For me, the position mean responsibility, but that's all.

I take responsibility for everything that happens in the SNP as leader.

Savor every day you have the privilege to lead.

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

Not my power, but the power of the position, a power which could be used to help.

When a man assumes leadership, he forfeits the right to mercy.

Wealth and power don't go together. Power cannot be brokered. To me, power is responsibility.

To the victor belong the responsibilities.

Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.

Queens perhaps perform better in the role of monarch because they never take their position for granted. Many kings have failed because they believed that the public would love them whatever they did. Queens knew better.

The leader sees leadership as responsibility rather than as rank and privilege.

Leadership is not a right-it is a responsibility.

Leadership is stewardship, it's temporary and you're accountable!

Leadership is not a popularity contest; it's about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

Power should be reserved for weightlifting and boats, and leadership really involves responsibility.

A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be big.

Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.

Power is dangerous unless you have humility.

Elected leaders who forget how they got there won't the next time.

I don't see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.

Well, surely, I am not in charge of South Africa.

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

He who has great power should use it lightly.

Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.