You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.

You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.

My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.

My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.

The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the read more

The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground.

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.

If you command wisely, you\'ll be obeyed cheerfully.

If you command wisely, you\'ll be obeyed cheerfully.

In some countries we have had the right to vote for less than 100 years, so the entry of women read more

In some countries we have had the right to vote for less than 100 years, so the entry of women into political leadership has caused a tsunami.

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

Leadership is the special quality which enables people to stand up and pull the rest of us over the horizon. read more

Leadership is the special quality which enables people to stand up and pull the rest of us over the horizon. -James L. Fisher.

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned read more

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.