Power & Leadership Sayings

24 sayings found from the Medieval era from 9 authors

The rule for solving equations is to balance them.

— Al-Khwarizmi 830
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Let us educate our children to be wise and strong, for in them lies the future of our empire.

— Charlemagne c. 790
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The greatest joy of a king is to see his people prosper.

— Charlemagne c. 800
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The greatest glory of a king is to be a father to his people.

— Charlemagne c. 800
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A good ruler seeks the counsel of the wise.

— Charlemagne c. 790
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The greatest empire is built on the foundation of faith.

— Charlemagne c. 800
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The strong must protect the weak, and the wise must guide the foolish.

— Charlemagne c. 800
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My greatest desire is to restore the Roman Empire.

— Charlemagne c. 800
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The greatest leader is not one who is loved, but one who is feared.

— Genghis Khan Unknown
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He who is not strong enough to protect his family and his tribe, is not worthy of life.

— Genghis Khan Unknown
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The bow is useless without the arrow, and the arrow is useless without the bow. So too are a leader and his people.

— Genghis Khan Unknown
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A leader can never be happy until his people are happy.

— Genghis Khan 1200s
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Do not scorn a weak cub; he may become a brutal tiger.

— Genghis Khan 1200s
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The wise man is a child, and the child is a wise man. The fool is a king, and the king is a fool.

— Kabir c. 15th century
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The elephant walks, but the ant carries the burden. The powerful are weak, and the weak are powerful.

— Kabir c. 15th century
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I went looking for the worst man, but I found none; then I looked in my own heart, and there he was.

— Kabir 15th century
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And you must know that in this kingdom of Bengal, there are many eunuchs. For the king is a great connoisseur of these, and has them in great numbers.

— Marco Polo c. 1300
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And in this country, they have a custom that when a man has a dispute with another man, they go before the king, and the king decides who is in the right.

— Marco Polo c. 1300
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For if He, shall find worms, that is, sins, In them, because you have been negligent in your duty, He will command them as worthless to be thrown into the abyss of unclean things.

— Pope Urban II 1095
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I would rather be a heathen king than a Christian beggar.

— Richard the Lionheart 1191
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