Power & Leadership Sayings

For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.

Governing a large country is like cooking a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking.

Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and daemons.

Walking is man's best medicine.

I know, O Wise One, that I am powerless; I have few cattle and few men.

To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

The greatest austerity is self-control.

I am a queen, and I will have my way.

The prosperity of the Empire rests upon the piety of its citizens.

I have had this Dhamma edict written so that my sons and great-grandsons should not think of making new conquests.

We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.

Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

If a man is unhappy, this must be due to his own fault, that he does not understand that it is in his power to be happy.

If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.

I am looking for a man.

My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!

I demand the hand of Honoria and half the Western Empire as her dowry.

The Way is made by walking.

The root of the empire is in the state; the root of the state is in the family; the root of the family is in the person of its head.

If the qi is not strong, the body cannot be healthy. If the mind is not steadfast, wisdom cannot be complete.