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I'm not a natural leader. I'm too intellectual; I'm too abstract; I think too much.
It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.
The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.
A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.
To be a leader, you have to make people want to follow you, and nobody wants to follow someone who doesn't know where he is going.
Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
Change from the top down happens at the will and whim of those below.
Nothing so undermines organizational change as the failure to think through the losses people face.
In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.
No person among us desires any other reward for performing a brave and worthy action, but the consciousness of having served his nation.
Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
Communication is the real work of leadership.
The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
A man who has committed a mistake and does not correct it is committing another mistake.
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