Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.

Let them hate as long as they fear.

The most important thing about power is to make sure you don't have to use it.

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.

I mean, there was a portion, of course, that I think, when I look back now, that there was a portion of what attracted me must have been the awe of him being a powerful man in this environment, not to take away from who he is as a real person.

Power may be at the end of a gun, but sometimes it's also at the end of the shadow or the image of a gun.

Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.

America wants its respect.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

The mandate you go with is intimidating and also is a source of respect that you gain, because you have come with this mandate from the United Nations.

But I think anybody who believes I could force coach Sloan to resign is crazy. He's stronger than that and personally if I said that to him, he'd probably go tell me to go do something.

People change their opinion according to your position. And both politicians and bureaucrats begin to take you more seriously, as they suddenly feel you have become more important.

When people know I wrote 'Thelma and Louise,' they don't want to mess with me.

A statesman gains little by the arbitrary exercise of ironclad authority upon all occasions that offer, for this wounds the just pride of his subordinates, and thus tends to undermine his strength. A little concession, now and then, where it can do no harm is the wiser policy

I see there is a people risen that I cannot win with gifts or honours, offices or places; but all other sects and people I can.

Reputation is the cornerstone of power. Through reputation alone you can intimidate and win; once it slips, however, you are vulnerable, and will be attacked on all sides. Make your reputation unassailable.

If someone is talking to you and tells you that you ought to do something, and you can tell they mean it, those are the scary people. Those are the people you want to watch out for.

When you talk to a Latin American president, they make you feel so tiny right from the beginning, right from the moment when they shake your hands.

When people start to perceive you as the big guy, you're not allowed to be scrappy, fierce.

When Shonda Rhimes calls, you feel like you get called into the principal's office a little bit, and you think, 'Maybe I better take that call.'

When other teams fear you, that's a big difference.

I think that Netanyahu is a bit intimidated of and afraid of President Trump.

The principal did not like the fact that the teachers would take my side. I always left an impression when I left the school - not for who I was but for what I did there.

I want to use but not misuse my position as President of the General Assembly.