If you shoot at a king you must kill him.

If you shoot at a king you must kill him.

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.

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

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 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.

A big part of leadership is just being comfortable with the fact that some decisions really are only yours.

A big part of leadership is just being comfortable with the fact that some decisions really are only yours.

Leadership is the ability to hide your panic from others.

Leadership is the ability to hide your panic from others.

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.

Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing. -Mary D. Poole.

Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing. -Mary D. Poole.