Lisa See Quotes

Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership. There can be no mass movement without some deliberate misrepresentation of facts.

The strength of any organization is a direct result of the strength of its leaders.

In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.

Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesize and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.

There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less the ability to lead somewhere that will be to the advantage of the led.

Because the regime is captive to its own lies, it must falsify everything. It falsifies the past. It falsifies the present, and it falsifies the future. It falsifies statistics. It pretends not to possess an omnipotent and unprincipled police apparatus. It pretends to respect human rights. It pretends to prosecute no one. It pretends to fear nothing. It pretends to pretend nothing.

I do have the strength. Leadership, leadership is not about attacking people and disparaging people. Leadership is about creating a serious strategy to deal with the threat of our time.

As anyone who's ever contracted it knows, lies are an infectious disease. They slip under the almond slivers of your fingernails and into your bloodstream.

Without leadership, command is a hollow experience, a vacuum often filled with mistrust and arrogance.

It is no easy task to lead men. But it is easy enough to drive them.

We lie. That's what we do. You're selling me a line of bullshit and you want me to sell you a line of bullshit back so you can write a major line of bullshit and be paid for it.

Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less...titles don't have much value when it comes to leading. True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned, it comes only from influence, and that cannot be mandated. It must be earned.

George Mitchell was a very good leader, and we were more than satisfied with his leadership. And I know the guys were jealous.

To add growth, lead followers - to multiply, lead leaders.

There are many ways to study Walt Disney, but I think learning about Walt as a leader probably has had the biggest impact on me.

Personal and organizational effectiveness is proportionate to the strength of leadership.

You have achieved excellence as a leader when people will follow you anywhere if only out of curiosity.

Truth is treason in the empire of lies.

The moment a leader steps away from his core competencies, his effectiveness as a leader diminishes.

The whole world is absolutely brought up on lies. We are fed nothing but lies. It begins with lies and half our lives we live with lies.

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.

In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's.

Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

I would assert that highly effective leaders are made more than they're born. Every leader I know who's been highly effective has worked hard at it, and they've been students of it. The more you're a student of leadership, the more you figure out what works for you and the more effective you're going to be.