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.
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Sunwands turn rain droplets
into blackberry drupelets
as enkindled okra seeds
acknowledge heliocracy.
Sunwands turn rain droplets
into blackberry drupelets
as enkindled okra seeds
acknowledge heliocracy.
Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be read more
Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be forgiven him, indeed, they will be regarded as high qualities, if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.
A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says, 'I was beaten'; he does not say 'My men were read more
A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says, 'I was beaten'; he does not say 'My men were beaten.'.
Blessed is the leader who seeks the best for those he serves. -Unknown.
Blessed is the leader who seeks the best for those he serves. -Unknown.
There are two levers for moving men: interest and fear.
There are two levers for moving men: interest and fear.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.
Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
