Sourav Ganguly Quotes

They must be governed by and be subordinate to you.

He was in charge of everything and I was to be wherever he wasn’t.

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.

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.

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

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

It is much safer to obey than to rule.

If you've experienced having control, you don't want to be moved to a subordinate position, if you have your druthers.

They go where I tell them and do what I tell them.

The exercise of authority is odious, and they who know how to govern, leave it in abeyance as much as possible.

When we think we lead, we are most led.

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

I've never liked bosses telling me what to do.

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

Through obedience learn to command.

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

A man must keep an eye on his servants, if he would not have them rule him.

Authority is not a quality one person 'has', in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him.

Power never turns power down, ever, unless institutionally demanded.

It was Grant's company and he made all the decisions. And that was just fine.

If an individual is born with the obligation to obey, who is born with the right to command?

Gotta watch out for directors.

A sailing ship is no democracy; you don't caucus a crew as to where you'll go anymore than you inquire when they'd like to shorten sail.