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“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.”

“I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.”

“The important word there is inspire. The key difference between managers and leaders is that managers tell people what to do, while leaders inspire them to do it. Inspiration comes from three things: clarity of one's vision, courage of their conviction and the ability to effectively communicate both of those things.”

“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.”

“I can't give you the sunset, but I can give you the night.”

“The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.”

“Leaders are not born, they're made.”

“Learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”

“Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant.”

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

“Power isn't control at all-power is strength, and giving that strength to others. A leader isn't someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength to others that they may have the strength to stand on their own.”

“Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

“The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.”

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.”

“The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.”

“Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.”

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”

“Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.”

“People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.”

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.”

“Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.”

“Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.”

“To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.”

“Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”