C. S. Lewis Quotes

Aslan is a lion- the Lion, the great Lion." "Ooh" said Susan. "I'd thought he was a man. Is he-quite safe? I shall feel rather nervous about meeting a lion"..."Safe?" said Mr Beaver ..."Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you.

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

He made you king to do justice and righteousness.

When were the good and the brave ever in a majority?

When I am not king, then THE Kingdom has its best chance of breaking through.

It is easy to rule over the good.

A king who trusts no man is weak.

Peter, High King of Narnia," said Aslan. "Shut the Door.

Rule with the heart of a servant. Serve with the heart of a king.

When a natural king becomes a titular king, every body is pleased and satisfied.

To bear the country's disgrace is to rule the shrines of soil and grain. To bear the country's misfortunes is to be the king of the world.

I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.

Leaders must display their humanness. Those under their authority must be empowered & have the courage to engage in honest dialogue.

The king's name is a tower of strength.

The one who is good, is free even being a slave; the one who is bad remains a slave even being a king.

To the glistening Eastern sea, I give you Queen Lucy, the Valiant. To the great Western Wood, King Edmund the Just. To the radiant Southern sun, Queen Susan, the Gentle; and to the clear Northern sky I give you King Peter, the Magnificent. Once a king or queen of Narnia, always a king or queen. May your wisdom grace us 'til the stars rain down from the heavens.

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.

Where is he who seeing a thousand men useless and unhappy, and making the whole region forlorn by their inaction, and conscious himself of possessing the faculty they want, does not hear his call to go and be their king?

Of all evil I deem you capable: therefore I want the good from you.

People often tell me I could be a great man. I'd rather be a good man.

It's good to be the king.

In like manner, the disbelief of a Divine Providence renders a man uncapable of holding any public station; for, since kings avow themselves to be the deputies of Providence.

And therefore I am come amongst you at this time, not as for my recreation or sport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all; to lay down, for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even the dust. I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart of a king, and of a king of England, too.

A king ruleth as he ought, a tyrant as he lists, a king to the profit of all, a tyrant only to please a few.