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The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.

A good leader can't get too far ahead of his followers.

Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.

A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.

Earn your leadership every day.

A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.

Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.

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

Never give an order that can't be obeyed.

The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.

I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be.

Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.

He who has great power should use it lightly.

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.

A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.

A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.

A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.

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

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.

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

When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.