Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes

I am better when I have control. I am not a power freak. But my point is that I need to feel that I can manage the team and have a direct, clear line through to the owners. Once that becomes hazy, for me, there is a problem.

Attribution is power.

Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

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

What the proprietorship of these papers is aiming at is power, and power without responsibility—the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages.

Now the power is in your hands!

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

Does our hand show in this?

You can't count on things happening if you're not in control of them happening.

Nobody can take you out of something, especially if you're the one who started it.

I want all the mistakes to be mine, and I want to take responsibility for everything even if I fail. Whatever the project is, I need to have the final say.

I feel responsible for everybody, and I couldn't imagine a scenario where I wouldn't be directing what was happening, at the end.

You gain or lose power according to the choices that you make.

The issue is not whether or not you have that power, the issue is whether or not you use it.

I made the decision. I'm accountable.

I would not be a Moses to lead you into the Promised Land, because if I could lead you into it, someone else could lead you out of it.

If someone is responsible, it's me.

But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power.

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.

Power should be reserved for weightlifting and boats, and leadership really involves responsibility.

Everyone has power. But it doesn't help if you don't use it.

I like being in charge of the remote control.

Power without abuse loses its charm.

One thing I want you to understand is if I make a decision, it's my decision.