Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.

Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.

Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.

To work in the world lovingly means that we are defining what we will be for, rather than reacting to read more

To work in the world lovingly means that we are defining what we will be for, rather than reacting to what we are against. -Christina Baldwin.

Leadership is not magnetic personality — that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not 'making friends read more

Leadership is not magnetic personality — that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not 'making friends and influencing people' — that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.

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.

Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. read more

Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone, accept everything alone.