Best leadership & command Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.”

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“That's the first rule of command; be consistent! You can be sadistic, you can be lazy, you can be stupid, but if you're consistent the crew will still let you sit in when they play dominoes.”

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Book:The League of Peoples Books 1–3: Expendable, Commitment Hour, and Vigilant

Source: The League of Peoples Books 1–3: Expendable, Commitment Hour, and Vigilant

“He who rules must fully humor as much as he commands.”

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Author:George Eliot

“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.”

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Author:Dag Hammarskjold

“Children from humble families must be taught how to command just as other children must be taught how to obey.”

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Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“Those who can command themselves command others.”

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Book:Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].

Source: Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].

“What you can't enforce, do not command.”

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Author:Sophocles

“In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal contacts and experiences help shape his thinking. They can be critical to his persuasiveness and thus to his leadership.”

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Book:Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001

Source: Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001

“When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is crazy.”

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Book:Dave Barry Turns 50

Source: Dave Barry Turns 50

“When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.”

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Author:George Washington Carver

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

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Author:Andre Malraux

“He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.”

“To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.”

Source: The Portable Nietzsche

“Without leadership, command is a hollow experience, a vacuum often filled with mistrust and arrogance.”

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Author:Eric Shinseki

“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.”

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Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“I'm sad to report that in the past few years, ever since uncertainty became our insistent 21st century companion, leadership has taken a great leap backwards to the familiar territory of command and control.”

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Author:Margaret J. Wheatley

“He that cannot obey, cannot command.”

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Book:The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac

Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac

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