I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.
Baron De MontesquieuRead
The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.
Interpretation
Effective leadership requires understanding how much authority to use in various situations.
This quote by Baron De Montesquieu emphasizes the importance of discernment in leadership roles. It suggests that true mastery in administration involves knowing when to exert power and control, and when to be more lenient and flexible, adapting one's approach to suit the context and the needs of the moment.
In practice
Discussing effective leadership strategies in a management seminar.
I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.
Law in general is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabitants of the earth: the political and civil laws of each nation ought to be only the particular cases in which human reason is applied.
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
Love of the republic in a democracy, is a love of the democracy; love of the democracy is that of equality. Love of the democracy is likewise that of frugality.
It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.
If you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you.
A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten,' he does not say 'My men were beaten.'
In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you.... You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect and defend it.
Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.
You tell them that all your experience tells you this is the best way to beat this particular opposition. You persuade them and you drill them, and you tell them so many times they can hear you when they go to sleep. Then, on the day of the game, you stand on the touchline and hope to God that it works.
Let vice and immorality of every kind be discouraged as much as possible in your brigade; and, as a chaplain is allowed to each regiment, see that the men regularly attend during worship. Gaming of every kind is expressly forbidden, as being the foundation of evil, and the cause of many a brave and gallant officer's and soldier's ruin.
Suge is the boss of Death Row, the don, you understand? But im the underboss, the capo. That's my job to what's best for Death Row
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