A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.
The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
A leader leads by example not by force.
Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.
There goes my people. I must follow them, for I am their leader.
You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.
Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.
Good leaders must first become good servants.
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do professionally and personally, and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. It might help if we ran the MBAs out of Washington.
If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
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