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.

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.

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.

The only real training for leadership is leadership.

The only real training for leadership is leadership.

When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally.

When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally.

Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the read more

Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.

Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem to effortlessly push some Senate read more

Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem to effortlessly push some Senate leaders toward conduct the American people don't want from their elected leaders: Abusing power. Inserting the government into our private lives. Injecting religion into debates about public policy. Jumping through hoops to ingratiate themselves to their party’s base, while step by step, day by day, real problems that keep American families up at night fall by the wayside here in Washington.

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the read more

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.

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.