What you cannot enforce, do not command.

Quote by Sophocles

Topics: Leadership Quotes

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.

None love the messenger who brings bad news.

None love the messenger who brings bad news.

War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always

War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always

Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and...

Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is...

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: Thou shalt not...

If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: Thou shalt not...

A human being is only breath and shadow.

A human being is only breath and shadow.

He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his...

He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his...

Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things...

Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things...

Evil gains work their punishment.

Evil gains work their punishment.

Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.

Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.

But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts...

But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts...

When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.

When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the...

Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the...

How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.

How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a...

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a...

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.