Dalai Lama Quotes

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

Certainly I shall not be one of those who, having gained power, do not wish to use it.

I micromanage the selection of the cabinet.

All empire is no more than power in trust.

The person who manages the state is me.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual resources.

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

The great irony of management is that the higher up you go, the less actual control you have. When you are but a humble coder, you make the computer do exactly what you want; when you're a manager, you only hope that people understand what you want, and then trust/pray that they do it both correctly and in a timely manner.

Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power.

I am the guardian of power, not its owner.

Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.

Yes, I'm your governor now. I'll take care of you.

I believe in delegating power.

I was not a presider; I was a leader.

The fellow that has power is the one who uses it sparingly ... I had more power when I went into office than when I went out.

I think it's time that we said to people who are incapable of acknowledging that they've ever got anything wrong: 'I'm sorry, you've had your day.' Unelected, unaccountable elites, I'm afraid it's time to say, 'You're fired. We are going to take back control.'

We should understand the source of our authority and something of the keys that control its power.

Just as an athlete must exercise his body to be a winner, a leader must exercise his position of authority. If he doesn't, he loses that authority.

Every decision that affects our lives will be made by the person who has the power to make that decision, not the 'right' person or the 'smartest' person or the 'best' person. Make peace with this fact.

Never delegate. Always empower.

Our responsibility is one of decision, for to govern is to choose.

It's so much easier to throw rocks than it is to govern.

In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.

Politics is activity in relation to power.