Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant.
The led must not be compelled; they must be able to choose their own leader.
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.
Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.
When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born - that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.
Leaders aren't born they are made.
The building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.
If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.
I can't give you the sunset, but I can give you the night.
High sentiments always win in the end. The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.
I believe that anybody with Mandela's capacity to endure hardship and then forgive is a born leader and example to us all.
Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.
If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.
Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination, with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.
Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob.
A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.
My husband is a natural-born leader. I quickly learned that I had to find a way of honoring his take-charge personality and not get frustrated about his desire to have the final decision on just about everything. I am not a passive person, but I chose to fall into a more submissive role in our relationship because I wanted to do everything in my power to make my marriage and family work.
David Lloyd George had been to Germany, and been so dazzled by the Führer that he compared him to George Washington. Hitler was a 'born leader', declared the befuddled former British Prime Minister. He wished that Britain had 'a man of his supreme quality at the head of affairs in our country today'. This from the hero of the First World War! The man who had led Britain to victory over the Kaiser!
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