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“The crowd will follow a leader who marches twenty paces ahead of them, but if he is a thousand paces ahead of them, they will neither see nor follow him.”

Ifs Leadership Leader Thousand Twenties Crowds March Pace

Author:Georg Brandes

“A true leader must have enough backbone to stand alone - even when the crowd wants to take the easy road home. A true leader cannot be dependent on companionship for his or her security, but must learn to trust in God alone.”

Want Enough Home Easy Leader Security Crowds Dependent Trust In God Companionship Backbone Stand Alone True Leader Easy Road

Author:Leslie Ludy

“Formerly, leaders of states practiced realism, but did not honor it. With them morality was violated, but moral notions remained intact. The modern governor, owing to the fact that he addresses crowds, is compelled to be a moralist, and to present his acts as bound up with a system of morality.”

States Facts Leader Moral Modern Honor Morality Notion Bounds Crowds Addresses Governors Realism Compelled Owing Moralist

Author:Julien Benda

“The crowd neither wants nor seeks knowledge, and the leaders of the crowd, in their own interests, try to strengthen its fear and dislike of everything new and unknown. The slavery in which mankind lives is based upon this fear.”

Want Trying Life Is Interest Leader Mankind Slavery Crowds Dislike

Author:G. I. Gurdjieff

“jewels have played a colorful part in the evolution of world affairs. Because precious stones tend to inspire both admiration and greed, leaders have found convenient excuses for seeking them and have used them to impress crowds, reward friends, deprive foes, forge alliances, and justify war. Jewels may find their highest expression in the decorative arts, but they have also earned a place in the art of the possible.”

“Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it.”

Leader Crowds Intimidating

Book:Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

Source: Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

“Often the crowd does not recognize a leader until he has gone, and then they build a monument for him with the stones they threw at him in life.”

Doe Christian Leadership Leader Gone Stones Crowds Monument Spiritual Leadership

Book:Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer

Source: Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer

“I've heard people say that the trouble with the world is that we haven't enough great leaders. I think we haven't enough great followers. I have stood side by side with great thinkers - surgeons, engineers, economists; people who deserve a great following - and have heard the crowd cheer me instead.”

People Thinking World Enough Sides Leader Trouble Heard Havens Deserve Crowds Following Cheer Followers Thinker Engineers Economist Great Leader Surgeons Great Thinkers

Author:Babe Ruth

“Crowds of men are like crowds of sheep. Not the best, but the first leader is usually followed.”

Men Firsts Leader Crowds Sheep

Author:Frederick Schiller Faust

“Two different things: A crowd is a tribe without a leader. A crowd is a tribe without communication. Most organizations spend their time marketing to the crowd. Smart organizations assemble the tribe.”

Two Different Leader Communication Smart Organization Marketing Crowds Different Things Tribes Two Different Things Without Communication

Book:Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us

Source: Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us

“You must keep your composure. Take charge of the huddle. Be a leader. And silence, the crowd.”

Silence Leader Crowds Composure

Author:Eric Thomas