Miguel de Cervantes Quotes

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.

Learn to obey before you command.

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

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.

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.

All leaders must have some power. Without power, you can't be a leader.

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.

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

Who has not served cannot command.

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

I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power.

You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

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

One hardly saves a world without ruling it.

It is much safer to obey than to rule.

I'm interested in power.

You know, if you think about it, the most powerful people on this earth probably never raise their voices - they just say it and people hop to, because they have that power.

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.

In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.

The time will come, without my seeking it, that my words will almost serve as law. If I ask a certain thing, it will be done. If I don't want something, it will not be done.

All empire is no more than power in trust.