“No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.”
Abraham Lincoln
“What you cannot enforce, do not command.”
Sophocles
“No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place.”
Philip Armour
“To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. (Absurdum est ut alios regat, qui seipsum regere nescit.)”
Latin Proverb
“Let him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.”
Thomas Carlyle
“A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.”
Polybius
“Any one can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”
Publilius Syrus
“I am only one, But still I am one. I cannot do everything, But still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”
Edward Everett Hale
“Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.”
Benjamin Disraeli
“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.”
Edmund Burke
“You can’t do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.”
Shira Tehrani
“Well done is better than well said.”
Benjamin Franklin
“If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.”
Lucy Larcom
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