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Those who are to change significantly that which they freshly encounter must themselves be changed by the changing of it.

The only test of leadership is that somebody follows.

Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.

Thou seekest disciples? Then thou seekest ciphers.

In any series of elements to be controlled, a selected small fraction, in terms of numbers of elements, always accounts for a large fraction in terms of effect.

If the modern leader doesn't know the facts, he is in grave trouble, but rarely do the facts provide unqualified guidance.

In war, mere appearances have had all the effect of realities; and that a person, under a firm persuasion that he can command resources, virtually has them; that very prospect inspiring him with hope and boldness in his exertions.

We are not altogether here to tolerate. We are here to resist, to control and vanquish withal.

A good man likes a hard boss. I don't mean a nagging boss or a grouchy boss. I mean a boss who insists on things being done right and on time; a boss who is watching things closely enough so that he knows a good job from a poor one. Nothing is more discouraging to a good man than a boss who is not on the job, and who does not know whether things are going well or badly.

In the birth of societies it is the chiefs of states who give it its special character; and afterward it is this special character that forms the chiefs of state.

Leadership of a world-economy is an experience of power which may blind the victor to the march of history.

I say no body of men are fit to make Presidents, judges and generals, unless they themselves supply the best specimens of the same; and that supplying one or two such specimens illuminates the whole body for a thousand years.

While once it was the rank and file that cheered with all the partisan passions at their heights, today it is the party leaders who are cheering themselves; and all by themselves. The mob that is their audience is in one vast universal trance, thinking about something else.

A small step in a good direction.

It's hard to look at things that are too close.

We had a military and political leadership at that period which was genuinely deluded.

I am not saying that during the Second World War Germany did not, under the leadership of the National Socialist government, commit crimes.

Half a world away nations that once lived under oppression and tyranny are now budding democracies due in large part to America 's leadership and the sacrifices of our military.

A man must shape himself to a new mark directly the old one goes to ground.

He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.