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.

If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will read more

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

A leader may symbolize and express what is best in people, like Pericles, or what is worst, like Hitler, but read more

A leader may symbolize and express what is best in people, like Pericles, or what is worst, like Hitler, but he cannot successfully express what is only in his heart and not in theirs.

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

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

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 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.

Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead read more

Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of read more

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.