The very essence of leadership is [that] you have a vision. It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly read more

The very essence of leadership is [that] you have a vision. It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.

Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.

Leadership does not depend on being right.

Leadership does not depend on being right.

A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his read more

A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him.

No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him.

Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do in order to achieve what they want to read more

Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do in order to achieve what they want to achieve.

To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary read more

To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead.

The slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown. He must dominate in his turn.

The slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown. He must dominate in his turn.