Herb Kelleher Quotes

The person who manages the state is me.

I am the guardian of power, not its owner.

Some call it power; I prefer to call it responsibility.

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

The greater the power, the greater the responsibility in its exercise.

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.

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

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

Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.

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

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

All power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise.

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.

With great powers come great responsibilities; with plenary powers come plenary responsibilities.

Power always brings with it responsibility.

The practice of leadership is not the same as the exercise of power.

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.

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

Be the chief but never the lord.

My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.

In politics, as in business, leadership is crucial.

To be honest, the fact that people trust you gives you a lot of power over people. Having another person's trust is more powerful than all other management techniques put together.

I wanted the influence. In the end I wasn't very good at being a president. I looked out of the window and thought that the man cutting the lawn actually seemed to have more control over what he was doing.