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“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.”

“The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.”

“That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.”

“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.”

“Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success”

“Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.”

“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.”

“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.”

“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.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

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

“Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint.”

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

“No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.”

“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.”

“Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.”

“The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.”

“A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.”