Stephenie Meyer Quotes

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.

It always impresses me when a person of small stature has command.

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

I don't know what leadership is. You can't touch it. You can't feel it. It's not tangible. But I do know this: you recognize it when you see it.

A seat in the council is honor without profit.

If a great multitude of men should call one of their number King, unless this instituted Prince, appear in greater visible splendor then others, can reward those that obey and please him, and do the contrary to others; his Institution signifies little, even although he chance to have greater corporal or mental faculties, than any other of the number

To be vested with enormous authority is a fine thing; but to have the on-looking world consent to it is a finer.

Where Macgregor sits, there is the head of the table.

The power of recognition gives you the power to set the agenda.

My first impression of Jane Fonda was she is a queen. She is royalty. She walks into the room - any room - and has this presence about her that demands respect.

Of course, I'd love to be regarded as a voice of authority.

I had worked hard my entire career to establish myself as a leader. But I wasn't a leader until I was perceived as one.

People keep saying, 'How'd you get power?' Nobody gives you power. I'll tell you what power is. Power in my estimation is if people will listen to you. That's it.

I am a believer in the adage - performance leads to recognition, recognition leads to respect and respect leads to power.

True leaders respect and honor authority but are comfortable in its presence.

Being charismatic doesn't make you a leader. Being a leader makes you charismatic.

Menfolks listens to somebody because of what he says. Women don't. They don't care what he said. They listens because of what he is.

Performance leads to recognition. Recognition brings respect. Respect enhances power. Humility and grace in one's moments of power enhances dignity of an organisation.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

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.

A little man often cast a long shadow.

Good men who exercise power are really the most fascinating of all people.

If you want respect, you earn it in politics. You don't get it because you are some form of bloody emperor in a toga.

I have walked majestically with kings and queens and presidents and other heads of states.

Basically, to lead without a title is to derive your power within the organisation not from your position but from your competence, effectiveness, relationships, excellence, innovation and ethics.