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A prince ought to have no other aim or thought, nor select anything else for his study, than war and its rules and discipline; for this is the sole art that belongs to him who rules
Niccolò Machiavelli1469–1527The Prince (1532), Chapter XIVIn context
- War & Peace
The first opinion which one forms of a prince, and of his understanding, is by observing the men he has around him
Niccolò Machiavelli1469–1527The Prince (1532), Chapter XXIIIn context
- Character
A prince who is not wise himself will never take good advice
Niccolò Machiavelli1469–1527The Prince (1532), Chapter XXIIIIn context
- Advice
- Wisdom
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won
Walt Whitman1819–1892O Captain! My Captain! (1865)In context
- Life & Death
What evils are not wrought by Anarchy!
She ruins States, and overthrows the home,
She dissipates and routs the embattled host;
While discipline preserves the ordered ranks.
Sophocles496–406 BCAntigone (c. 441 BC), spoken by CreonIn context
- Government
Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.
Sun Tzu544–496 BCThe Art of War (5th century BC), Chapter XIn context
Exult O shores, and ring O bells!
But I with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
Walt Whitman1819–1892O Captain! My Captain! (1865)In context
- Life & Death
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Robert Frost1874–1963The Road Not Taken (1915)In context
- Decisions
There’s small choice in rotten apples.
William Shakespeare1564–1616The Taming of the Shrew (c. 1591), Act I, Scene I, spoken by HortensioIn context
- Decisions
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
Henrik Ibsen1828–1906An Enemy of the People (1882), Act I, spoken by BillingIn context
- Responsibility
Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one’s mind.
W. Somerset Maugham1874–1965Of Human Bondage (1915), Chapter XXXIXIn context
- Character
- Decisions
Governing a great state is like cooking small fish.
LLaozi580–501 BCTao Te Ching (4th century BC), Part II, Chapter 60In context
- Government
Look before you leap.
Aesop620–564 BCAesop’s Fables (6th century BC), The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion – The Cat and the CockIn context
- Advice
- Decisions
I do things differently, because I don’t go by a rule book, because I lead from the heart, not the head, and albeit that’s got me into trouble in my work, I understand that.
Diana, Princess of Wales1961–1997Interview with Martin Bashir on BBC Panorama (20 November 1995)
- Emotion
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
The Bible (King James Version)Proverbs 16:9 (KJV)In context
- Decisions
- God