Quotes about Leadership
Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.
— 1 Samuel 10:26
But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.
— 1 Samuel 10:27
“Hold off for seven days,” replied the elders of Jabesh, “and let us send messengers throughout Israel. If there is no one to save us, we will surrender to you.”
— 1 Samuel 11:3
Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”
— 1 Samuel 11:12
Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”
— 1 Samuel 11:14
Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have set over you a king.
— 1 Samuel 12:1
Now here is the king walking before you, and I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day.
— 1 Samuel 12:2
Then Samuel said to the people, “The LORD is the One who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
— 1 Samuel 12:6
But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.
— 1 Samuel 12:12
Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you.
— 1 Samuel 12:13
But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”
— 1 Samuel 12:25
Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.
— 1 Samuel 13:1