The only real training for leadership is leadership.

The only real training for leadership is leadership.

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.

Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it.

Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it.

You do not lead by hitting people over the head-- that's assault, not leadership.

You do not lead by hitting people over the head-- that's assault, not leadership.

The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what read more

The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.

The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing read more

The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.

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 final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and will to read more

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and will to carry on.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.