Adelbert von Chamisso Quotes

I've always found when I was captain when other people were doing the talking for me, I didn't need to say as much, and when I did say one or two things, people tended to listen all the more.

I can see that when I talk, guys listen.

When I talk, people listen.

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.

If you work with convictions, people have got to listen to you.

People are always casting me for what they call my 'authority.'

People want to hear what I have to say and respect what I say.

Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.

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.

Most great leaders are theatrical by nature.

I'm privileged to occasionally stand on a table, and people listen to what I say, and in those moments, it's important to me that I have something to say and that I honor it.

The average American is more focused on leadership than likeability. And more focused on qualifications than quality of speakership.

Was Effenberg a leader because he projected presence or because he had a presence? There is a difference.

When I make a contribution in debates and in our public life, the House wants to hear what I say. It goes quiet - it wants to know what my opinion is.

If you have to remind people you're the boss, I don't think you're going to be a very effective leader.

I am sir Oracle, and when I ope my lips, let no dog bark.

Behaviour that's admired is the path to power among people everywhere.

When you come into the presence of a leader of men, you know that you have come into the presence of fire - that it is best not uncautiously to touch that man - that there is something that makes it dangerous to cross him.

Talkers have always ruled. They will continue to rule. The smart thing is to join them.

Effective leadership is about earning respect, and it's also about personality and charisma

The most honest of men is the one who thinks and acts best, but the most powerful is the one who writes and speaks best.

I know that one is able to win people far more by the spoken that by the written word, and that every great movement on this globe owes its rise to the great speakers and not to the great writers.

There is nothing like oratory, it is a skill that can turn a commoner into a king.

I mean, in a way, Obama's standing above the country, above — above the world, he's sort of God.

Yes, Haven, most of us enjoy preaching, and Ive got such a bully pulpit!