Joseph Holt Quotes

Those who can, must obey.

Learn to obey before you command.

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

When a man assumes leadership, he forfeits the right to mercy.

Nobody is going to delegate a lot of power to a secretary that they can't control.

I am the guardian of power, not its owner.

I’m the commander, see, I don’t need to explain why I say things. That’s the interesting thing about being the President. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don’t feel like I owe anybody an explanation.

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

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.

I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.

Who has not served cannot command.

If you call yourself a leader, then you have to be decisive. If you're decisive, then you have the chance to be a leader. These are two sides to the same coin.

A disciplined person is one who follows the will of the one who gives the orders.

The great irony of management is that the higher up you go, the less actual control you have. When you are but a humble coder, you make the computer do exactly what you want; when you're a manager, you only hope that people understand what you want, and then trust/pray that they do it both correctly and in a timely manner.

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

To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.

In order to be a lieutenant, you've got to have authority in your voice. No matter how young your face looks, you've got to let your guys know that you're in charge.

I am a director. I'm the one who can order men around.

Being responsible, I will direct, and will be responsible for nothing that I do not direct.

The person who manages the state is me.

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

The White House Chief of Staff must always remember that he is staff and not chief.

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.

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

It's a lot easier to let someone else be Caesar.