Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
You cannot effectuate change if you do not have power.
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious.
Influence is like a savings account. The less you use it, the more you've got.
George was getting alot of independence for himself in those days. He was writing more, and wanted things to go his way - where, when we first started things basically went John and Paul's way. You know, 'cuz they were the writers.
I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.
New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.
When we speak of power, we mean man's control over the minds and actions of other men. By political power we refer to the mutual relations of control among the holders of public authority and between the latter and the people at large.
I admire men of character and I judge character not by how men deal with their superiors, but mostly how they deal with their subordinates. And that, to me, is where you find out what the character of a man is.
You want power because it's an opportunity.
In most companies, the formal hierarchy is a matter of public record - it's easy to discover who's in charge of what. By contrast, natural leaders don't appear on any organization chart.
Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.
He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.
I learned in business that you had to be very careful when you told somebody that's working for you to do something, because the chances were very high he'd do it. In government, you don't have to worry about that.
To deny we need and want power is to deny that we hope to be effective.
The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both.
Power is a tool, influence is a skill; one is a fist, the other a fingertip.
Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter.
The moment people feel they know what to expect from you, your spell on them is broken. More: You have ceded them power.
There was no place at all for me in my father's military world.
Other problems confront women in power. One is fine but two's a crowd seems to be an unspoken rule when the one wears a skirt. And those in authority have found ways to reward women for excluding others of their kind.
It is an axiom, enforced by all the experience of the ages, that they who rule industrially will rule politically.
As you set off into the world, don't be afraid to question your leaders. But don't ask too many questions at one time or that are too hard because your leaders get tired and/or cranky.
Anyone who believes he is bigger than the system is wrong.
