People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

The superior man is easy to serve and difficult to please.

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

Any one can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

The leader must know, must know that he knows, and must be able to make it abundantly clear to those about him that he knows.

What a man dislikes in his superiors, let him not display in the treatment of his inferiors.

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob. It is through the voice of one crying in the wilderness that the ways of the gods must be prepared.

Obedience alone gives the right to command.

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.