Brad Goreski Quotes

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

The basic principle is I command, and my employees carry it out immediately.

Dear, never forget one little point. It's my business. You just work here.

The drill instructor must have total and complete control. Mindless obedience is what he's after.

Every reign must submit to a greater reign.

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.

Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you.

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

The coach is the boss at the end of the day. I do whatever he tells me and don't ask questions.

I view the director as my boss. I'm the pawn on the chess board. I don't say something to the director easily, because they are my boss.

Obedience alone gives the right to command.

A servant cannot be greater than his master.

This is how it is today: The teachers are afraid of the principals. The principals are afraid of the superintendents. The superintendents are afraid of the board of education. The board is afraid of the parents. The parents are afraid of the children. The children are afraid of nothing!

In most cases, when the lion, weary of obeying its master, has torn and devoured him, its nerves are pacified and it looks round for another master before whom to grovel.

When it comes to power, outshining the master is perhaps the worst mistake of all.

Through obedience learn to command.

A soldier's first duty is to obey, otherwise you might as well do away with soldiering.

He's the president. I'm the general. Unless I want to get impeached, I got to do what he says.

How many kings are governed by their ministers, how many ministers by their secretaries? Who, in such cases, is really the chief?

The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday being a commander.

Once you have hierarchy you need rules to protect and administer it, and then you need law and the enforcement of the rules, and you end up with some kind of chain of command or system of order that destroys relationship rather than promotes it. Hierarchy imposes laws and rules and you end up missing the wonder of relationship that we intended for you.

Once in a while there's wisdom in recognizing that the Boss is.

Resistance - that is the distinction of the slave. Let your distinction be obedience. Let your commanding itself be obeying!