Power & Leadership Sayings

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

I could not find in all the shops in London a glass bubble strong enough to resist the pressure of the air when exhausted.

I was seeking 'the colour of a good dusty potato, unpeeled of course'.

To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at.

The greatest leader is not one who is loved, but one who is feared.

The power of the people is stronger than the people in power.

Buying is much more American than thinking.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

I have never accepted the idea that we are in a position of inferiority to any other power in the world.

Our principle is that the Party commands the gun, and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party.

I am not a magician. I am a human being. I have my weaknesses, I have my faults. But I am trying to do the best I can for the American people.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

I'm always making a comeback, but nobody ever tells me where I've been.

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.

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

The Queen is a woman, not a machine.

To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it.

I was born to rule, and I will rule.

It can be heartbreaking when you find out that your fairytale image of the world doesn't match the reality.