If two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind. When you are getting kicked from the rear it means you’re in front. —Fulton Sheen When you come into the presence of a leader of men, you know that you have come into the presence of fire—that it is best not uncautiously to touch that man—that there is something that makes it dangerous to cross him. —Woodrow Wilson A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless. —Charles de Gaulle The manager administers, the leader innovates. The manager maintains, the leader develops. The manager relies on systems, the leader relies on people. The manager counts on controls, the leader counts on trust. The manager does things right, the leader does the right thing. —Fortune magazine Show me a country, a company, or an organization that is doing well and I’ll show you a good leader. —Joseph E. Brooks It is reassuring for people to feel they have a boss, someone who knows the answers and has charted the course. —George Cukor In the simplest terms, a leader is one who knows where he wants to go, gets up, and goes. —John Erskine A leader is best when people barely know that he exists. When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will all say, “We did it ourselves.” —Lao-tzu A gifted leader is one who is capable of touching your heart. —J. S. Potofsky Without a shepherd, sheep are not a flock. —Russian proverb They that govern the most make the least noise. —John Selden The efficiency of the truly national leader consists primarily in preventing the division of the attention of a people, and always in concentrating it on a single enemy. —Adolf Hitler The outstanding leaders of every age are those who set up their own quotas and constantly exceed them. —Thomas Watson He that would govern others, first should be master of himself. —Philip Massinger The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind in other men the conviction and the will to carry on. —Walter Lippmann Leadership Seven ingredients of military leadership: He should be able to sit back and avoid getting immersed in detail. He must not be petty. He must not be pompous. He should trust those under him and let them get on with their job without interference. He must have the power of clear decision. He should inspire confidence. I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people. —Indira Gandhi Anyone who critically analyzes a business learns this: that success or failure of an enterprise depends usually upon one man. —Louis D. Brandeis The ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. —Arnold H. Glasow Being a general calls for different talents from being a soldier. —Titus Livy The inevitable end of multiple chiefs is that they fade and disappear for lack of unity. —Napoleon Bonaparte A ship, to run a straight course, can have but one pilot and one steering wheel. The same applies to the successful operation of a business. There cannot be a steering wheel at every seat in an organization. —Jules Ormont Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. —Robert Louis Stevenson For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? —1 Corinthians 14:8
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