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A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.
The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.
The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.
The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.
The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
Where are they now that we, the men whom they sent off to war, have returned? These are commanders who read more
Where are they now that we, the men whom they sent off to war, have returned? These are commanders who have deserted their troops, and there is no more serious crime in the law of war. The Army says they never leave their wounded. The Marines say they never leave even their dead. These men have left all the casualties and retreated behind a pious shield of public rectitude. They have left the real stuff of their reputation bleaching behind them in the sun in this country.
Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
If you lead on the people with correctness, who will dare not to be correct?
If you lead on the people with correctness, who will dare not to be correct?
Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or made free by read more
Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or made free by it; whether he is moved by other people and outer forces or moves them -- this is of the essence of leadership.
Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
