Quote by Paul S. Kemp

“Sometimes being an underling meant managing up.”

— Chloe Neill

“A leader is a thorn in the flesh of oppressive people. They never feel comfortable when a leader stands up.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“One of the burdens of leadership is to say things that are uncomfortable.”

— Helio Fred Garcia

“What a man dislikes in his superiors, let him not display in the treatment of his inferiors.”

— Tsang Sin

People in powerful positions come under scrutiny, and sometimes they get in trouble for things that their underlings did.

— Anna Holmes

“They respect their betters, and fear those below them.”

— Iain Pears

“Leadership is a nurturing of those under your command.”

— Terry Goodkind

“Sometimes people are intimidated not because you're superior, but they fear your presence may make them conscious of their choice of remaining inferior!”

— Ramana Pemmaraju

A little sturdiness when superiors are much in the wrong sometimes occasions consideration. And there is truth in the old saying that if you…

— Benjamin Franklin

“...men unite against none so readily as against those whom they see attempting to rule over them.”

— Xenophon

It is certainly for the interest of the service that a cordial interchange of civilities should subsist between superior and inferior officers, and therefore,…

— John Paul Jones

“leadership requires disturbing people—but at a rate they can absorb.”

— Martin Linsky