Bertrand Russell Quotes

Most men do not feel in themselves the competence required for leading their group to victory, and therefore seek out a captain who appears to possess the courage and sagacity necessary for the achievement of supremacy. Even in religion this impulse appears. Nietzsche accused Christianity of inculcating a slave-morality, but ultimate triumph was always the goal. "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

People realize this man knows what the hell's going on and nobody else does.

You always want to know you have somebody at the helm who knows what they're doing.

Boldness and decision command, often even in evil, the respect and concurrence of mankind.

The team should have implicit confidence in the captain's decisions.

If I wanted, I could have ruled half of Bombay.

Everybody wants to be led. Except for me. I want to lead.

You take all the things that frighten you, and when you can get them to work for you all of sudden people are calling you a success.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

Conditions are ripe for triumph. We will win. And we will wield great power here.

Oh, man, if in real life I was as cool and suave as Coach Taylor and had all the answers, things would be easier.

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.

I am and always will be a leader.

Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.

I think if you talk to my colleagues, I was less than a fearsome individual.

To me it's like, every time I'm a director, like today, you're the captain of the ship, so you better dress like it. You're the host of the party.

I know how to make decisions, and I know how to lead.

The MC has to be just that, a master in control. They can show no signs of weakness.

I want to be what I've always wanted to be: dominant.

When you're on top, you're on top.

See, I have taken England with both my hands

Leadership of lapses is the thing that wins battles. I have it – I’ll be damned if I can define it.

He did not care which direction the car was travelling, so long as he was in the driver’s seat.

Men trust a great man because they do not trust themselves. And hence the worship of great men always appears in times of weakness and cowardice; we never hear of great men until the time when all other men are small.

To lead comes from a Latin root which literally means to go out and die.