Joseph Stalin

We don’t let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?

There are on occasions, as we know, when resources are abundant, but they are expended so incompetently that the advantage is nullified.

Remember how the first world war broke out. It broke out as a result of the desire to redivide the world.

The writer is the engineer of the human soul.

It doesn’t matter who they vote for, they always vote for us…

Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.

When the leader lacks confidence, the followers lack commitment.

The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

If you wouldn’t follow yourself, why should anyone else?

Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team.

You will launch many projects, but have time to finish only a few. So think, plan, develop, launch and tap good people to be responsible. Give them authority and hold them accountable. Trying to do too much yourself creates a bottleneck.

Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.

You do your job, you keep your job. Do it well, you get a better job.

Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.

The very essence of leadership is having vision.

I like to praise and reward in a loud voice and to scold in a whisper.

Leaders who are effective are leaders who are disciplined in their daily lives.

You don’t reward failure by promoting those responsible for it, because all you get is more failure.

I feel like the thing we can do is celebrate people doing great work and create more cultural momentum and awareness that this is an important thing in the world. So when the next economic crisis hits and people are talking about where to cut from the budget, science isn’t the thing.

Rule a kingdom as though you were cooking a small fish – don’t overdo it.

I think people should be nicer to each other