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“I speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leadership. They want to have great leadership. They want to have somebody that will represent them. And it doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or a Republican, young or old.”

Source: Brothers in Spirit: The Correspondence of Albert Schweitzer and William Larimer Mellon, Jr

“The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.”

“I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - which is: Try to please everybody.”

“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”

“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.”

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

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Book:Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut

Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut

“There goes my people. I must follow them, for I am their leader.”

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Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.”

“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.”

“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.”

“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." They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don't sidestep it, but "we" gets the credit. This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done.”

Source: Managing the Non-Profit Organization

“Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.”

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Author:John C. Maxwell

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

Source: The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow

“He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.”

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Author:Aristotle

“Managers help people see themselves as they are; Leaders help people to see themselves better than they are.”

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Author:Jim Rohn

“Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.”

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Book:Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us

Source: Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us

“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.”

“The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.”

“The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.”

“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.”

Source: A Collection of Essays

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”

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Author:Laozi

“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.”

Source: Jack Welch Speaks: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Business Leader

“Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.”

“To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.”

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Author:Andre Malraux

“He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.”

Source: Politics

“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.”

“He who has great power should use it lightly.”

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Author:Seneca the Younger

“What you do has far greater impact than what you say.”

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Author:Stephen Covey

“To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.”

Source: The Portable Nietzsche

“Earn your leadership every day.”

“Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.”

“Management works in the system; leadership works on the system.”

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Book:First Things First

Source: First Things First

“Remember the difference between a boss and a leader. A boss says, Go! A leader says, Let's go!”

“One key to successful leadership is continuous personal change. Personal change is a reflection of our inner growth and empowerment.”

Source: Deep Change: Discovering the Leader Within

“To lead people, walk behind them.”

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Author:Laozi

“Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning.”

Source: Managing People is Like Herding Cats

“To lead people, walk beside them ... As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor and praise. The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate ... When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves!”

“It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.”

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Author:Seneca the Younger

“How do you know you have won? When the energy is coming the other way and when your people are visibly growing individually and as a group.”

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Author:John Harvey-Jones

“Good leaders must first become good servants.”

“Great leadership usually starts with a willing heart, a positive attitude, and a desire to make a difference.”

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Author:Mac Anderson

“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.”

“Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.”

“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.”

“Developing excellent COMMUNICATION skills is absolutely essential to effective leadership. The leader must be able to share knowledge and ideas to transmit a sense of urgency and enthusiasm to others. If a leader can't get a message across clearly and motivate others to act on it, then having a message doesn't even matter.”

“Great leadership does not mean running away from reality. Sometimes the hard truths might just demoralize the company, but at other times sharing difficulties can inspire people to take action that will make the situation better.”

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Author:John P. Kotter

“Leadership is not so much about technique and methods as it is about opening the heart. Leadership is about inspiration-of oneself and of others. Great leadership is about human experiences, not processes. Leadership is not a formula or a program, it is a human activity that comes from the heart and considers the hearts of others. It is an attitude, not a routine.”

“Leadership is defined by results not attributes.”

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