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• To govern was to serve, not to rule.

  Seneca the Younger

  Love

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• Leadership means realizing potential-in yourself and in the people you lead.... The leader and followers cocreate their identities and performance.

  Justin Menkes

  Mean, People, Identity

  Justin Menkes (2013). “Better Under Pressure: How Great Leaders Bring Out the Best in Themselves and Others”, p.5, Harvard Business Press

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• Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Albert Schweitzer, William Larimer Mellon (1996). “Brothers in Spirit: The Correspondence of Albert Schweitzer and William Larimer Mellon, Jr”, p.18, Syracuse University Press

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• He that thinketh he leadeth and hath no one following him is only taking a walk.

  John C. Maxwell

  Walks, Following

  John C. Maxwell (2013). “Be A People Person: Effective Leadership Through Effective Relationships”, p.78, David C Cook

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• People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.

  Thomas Sowell

  Teamwork, Live Life, People

  Thomas Sowell (2006). “Ever Wonder Why? and Other Controversial Essays”, Hoover Inst Press

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• Force always attracts men of low morality.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Life, God

  Albert Einstein (2011). “The World As I See It”, p.14, Open Road Media

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• Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Art, Business, Military

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1960). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954”, p.477, Best Books on

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• There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hope soon to be swept away.

  Winston Churchill

  Mistake, False Hope, Swept Away

  Winston Churchill (1986). “The Hinge of Fate”, p.54, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Leaders are like gardeners ... As leaders we are not only responsible for harvesting our own success but for cultivating the success of the next generation.

  Susan Collins

  Generations, Next, Responsible

  Susan Collins (1996). “Our Children Are Watching: Ten Skills for Leading the Next Generation to Success”, Barrytown/ Station Hill Press

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• Excellence is not an accomplishment. It is a spirit, a never-ending process.

  Lawrence M. Miller

  Accomplishment, Excellence, Spirit

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• A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.

  John C. Maxwell

  Inspirational, Success, Passion

  John C. Maxwell (2007). “The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow”, p.89, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service.

  Sonny Perdue

  Inspiring, Philosophy, Passion

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• The better you are at surrounding yourself with people of high potential, the greater your chance for success.

  John C. Maxwell

  People, Chance, Choose Wisely

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• Leadership is action, not position

  Donald McGannon

  Inspirational, Basketball, Action

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• A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Inspirational, Troops, Good Leader

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• A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

  George S. Patton

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• 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.

  Laozi

  Humility, Men, Three

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• Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs
  of those who would be affected by it

  Marian Anderson

  Education, Understanding, Coaching

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• 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.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• Teams make you better than you are, multiply your value, enable you to do what you do best, allow you to help others do their best, give you more time, provide you with companionship, help you fulfill the desires of your heart and compound your vision and effort.

  John C. Maxwell

  Teamwork, Heart, Helping Others

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• Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint.

  Lewis H. Lapham

  Integrity, Character, Self

  Lewis H. Lapham (1985). “High Technology and Human Freedom”

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• The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Being A Leader, Managers, Asks

  Warren G. Bennis (1997). “Learning to Lead: A Workbook on Becoming a Leader”, Basic Books (AZ)

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• To add value to others, one must first value others.

  John C. Maxwell

  Inspirational, Good Life, Add

  John C. Maxwell (2010). “Everyone Communicates, Few Connect: What the Most Effective People Do Differently”, p.34, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Educational, Learning

  Undelivered Speech to the Dallas Citizens Council, delivered 22 November 1963, Trade Mart, Dallas, Texas

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• To be able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone.

  Harry S. Truman

  Men, Able, Great Leader

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