John Florio Quotes

Those who can, must obey.

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

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.

Learn to obey before you command.

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

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

I learned at a very early age, listening to those around my family, that in order to be a commander, you had to walk your post.

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

Being in command means making tough decisions. Not being in command means shutting up and doing what you're told. --Artemis Fowl

A disciplined person is one who follows the will of the one who gives the orders.

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.

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

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

I mean loyalty - you know, look, first we serve the people. I've always looked at that. You serve the people first. But having said that, you never forget who's in charge. You never forget who the CEO of a country is when you decide to serve. And so everyone works at the pleasure of the president. And that's what, you know, we have to remember is if he doesn't feel comfortable, he can do something about it.

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.

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is.

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.

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

When a man assumes leadership, he forfeits the right to mercy.

The risk to be percieved defines the duty to be obeyed.

It is much safer to obey than to rule.

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

Tis a dainty thing to command, though twere but a flock of sheep.

Your foreman or supervisor gives you more or-else orders in a week than the police do in a decade.