Victor Kiam Quotes

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

Good servants frequently make good masters.

The best people to have power are the ones who don't want it.

A leader is best when people barely know that he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him. Fail to honor people, They fail to honor you. But of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is done, his aims fulfilled, they will all say, "We did this ourselves.

I am only the Security Council's servant, though not always its humble one.

The greater the power that deigns to serve you, the more honor it demands of you.

I feel like I am a good person and a professional, very able leader of men.

Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.

Power is dangerous unless you have humility.

I believe in servant leadership, and the servant always asks, 'Where am I needed most?'

He who has great power should use it lightly.

The best way for someone to govern is to set an example.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away.

If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes deaf.

Overall, the challenge of leadership is both moral and one of developing the characteristics that make us respected by one another.

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.

Good leaders must first become good servants.

Few things kill likeability as quickly as arrogance. Likable leaders don't act as though they're better than you because they don't think that they're better than you. Rather than being a source of prestige, they see their leadership position as bringing them additional accountability for serving those who follow them.

Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.

The President is the ultimate role model.

He is the best of men who dislikes power.

Rulers should always remind themselves that they are men like the least of their subjects.

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