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“A bit of adviceGiven to a young Native AmericanAt the time of his initiation:As you go the way of life,You will see a great chasm. Jump.It is not as wide as you think.”
“The day the soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is ...”
“You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.”
“Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.”
“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.”
“Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.”
“Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.”
“A leader is a dealer in hope.”
“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.”
“Some are young people who don't know who they are, what they can be or even want to be. They are afraid, but they don't know of what. They are angry, but they don't know at whom. They are rejected ...”
“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.”
“I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.”
“The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there.People will follow.”
“And therefore I am come amongst you at this time, not as for my recreation or sport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all; to lay down, for my God...”
“A general never shows despair. He instills confidence in his troops. He leads them forward, even into the mouth of death.”
“If you can't swallow your pride, you can't lead. Even the highest mountain had animals that step on it.”
“The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say "I." And that's not because they have trained themselves not to say "I." They don't think "I." They think "we"; they think "team." T...”
“Give as few orders as possible," his father had told him once long ago. "Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject.”
“Real leadership is being the person others will gladly and confidently follow.”
“He that thinketh he leadeth and hath no one following him is only taking a walk.”
