"Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him."

Leadership

Create & Download Quote Image

Select Template

Insight & Reflection

When Henry Miller speaks about leadership, it invites us to pause and reflect on our own journey. How often do we consider the subtle impacts of leadership in our daily lives? This thought-provoking perspective challenges conventional wisdom and encourages a deeper understanding of ourselves.

About Henry Miller

Henry Valentine Miller was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. He broke with existing literary forms and developed a new type of semi-autobiographical novel that blends character study, social criticism, philosophical reflection, stream of consciousness, explicit language, sex, surrealist free association, and mysticism. His most characteristic works of this kind are Tropic of Cancer, Black Spring, Tropic of Capricorn, and the trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion, which are based on his experiences in New York City and Paris, and all of which were banned in the United States until 1961. He also wrote travel memoirs and literary criticism and painted watercolors.

More quotes by Henry Miller  ’
Editorial Note: This quote is curated and fact-checked by the Quotes Archive Editorial Team. Verified Literature Specialist.

More by Henry Miller

"No matter how vast, how total, the failure of man here on earth, the work of man will be resumed elsewhere. War leaders talk of resuming operations on this front and that, but man's front embraces the whole universe."

Read more  ’

"We live in the mind, in ideas, in fragments. We no longer drink in the wild outer music of the streets - we remember only."

Read more  ’

More about Leadership

"An hour spent in deep contemplation is worth a year of unguided wandering. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

Read more  ’

"To lead with integrity is to walk the narrow path where words and actions are one. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

Read more  ’

"A steadfast commander remains calm when the storm rages fiercest. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

Read more  ’

"Ethics is not a doctrine written in marble, but a daily standard lived in conscience. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."

Read more  ’
View all Leadership quotes  ’