"I am your servant. You have the..." - Quote by Winston Churchill
I am your servant. You have the right to dismiss me when you please. What you have no right to do is ask me to bear responsibility without the power of action.
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“It is a curious fact about British Islanders, who hate drill and have not been invaded for nearly a thousand years, that as danger comes nearer and grows they become progressively less nervous; when it is imminent the are fierce, when it is mortal they are fearless.”
“Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about.”
“When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.”
More on Leadership
“To be an influencer, you have to love people before you can try to lead them.”
“The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.”
“No matter your title, people will not follow you if they don’t trust you. Whether you are just taking over a team or working to implement large-scale change within one, you are guaranteed to run into resistance if you haven’t taken time to establish a foundation with the people you oversee before turning their worlds upside down.”
More on Responsibility
“We have only one alternative: either to build a functioning industrial society or see freedom itself disappear in anarchy and tyranny.”
“Without freedom, creativity cannot flourish. The right to freedom is crucial to progress in any society; and the context is having a sense of global responsibility.”
“The major key to your better future is you.”