Persuade Quote by Frank Herbert

A wise ruler should rely on what is under his own control, not on what is under the control of others.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Every ruler must remember three things. Firstly, that he rules man; secondly, that he rules according to law, and thirdly, that he does not…

— Agathon

A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.

— Ovid

The secret of rulership is to combine a belief in one’s own infallibility with a power to learn from past mistakes.

— George Orwell

The Way of an enlightened ruler is to make it so that no minister may make a proposal and then fail to match it…

— Han Fei

“Because it can be deceived, the majority is as error-prone as any other ruler, but unlike other rulers, it can never be destroyed.”

— Forest F. White

It is dangerous for a ruler to trust others. He who trusts others can be manipulated by others.

— Han Fei

Rulers are no more than attorneys, agents, and trustees, for the people; and if the cause, the interest and trust, is insidiously betrayed, or…

— John Adams

By the ruler's cultivation of his own character there is set up the example of the course which all should pursue.

— Confucius

When the leader is morally weak and his discipline not strict, when his instructions and guidance are not enlightened, when there are no consistent…

— Sun Tzu

(A ruler) cannot and should not keep his word when to do so would go against his interests or when the reason he pledged…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“She said a ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel. She said he must lay the best coffee hearth to attract the…

— Frank Herbert