Thomas a Kempis Quotes

No man doth safely rule, but he that hath learned gladly to obey.

I don't mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say.

It is much safer to obey than to rule.

No one is able to rule unless he is also able to be ruled.

Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.

Every reign must submit to a greater reign.

He who allows me to rule is in fact my master.

Rulers come and go; governments end and forms of government change; but sovereignty survives.

They must be governed by and be subordinate to you.

When you make your peace with authority you become authority.

No man ruleth safely but that he is willingly ruled.

I do not blame those who wish to rule the Athenians, but those who are over-ready to serve.

The silence of peoples is something kings should study.

My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it...People need somebody to watch over them.... Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave.

Those who can, must obey.

We submit ourselves to rulers only if under rules.

A wise ruler, when he makes his laws, is bound to find himself in conflict with the world.

Everywhere in life people are in authority to make decisions and you have to abide by them, whether right or wrong.

I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.

The man who obeys is nearly always better than the man who commands.

Learn to obey before you command.

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is.

And I particularly like the whole thing of being boss. Boss and employee... It's the slave quality that I find very alluring.

I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.

I was the law and order.