A good leader can't get too far ahead of his followers. Tacitus -Franklin D. Roosevelt.

A good leader can't get too far ahead of his followers. Tacitus -Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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.

A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not.

A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not.

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.

The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with himself.

The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with himself.

Leadership is the ability of a single individual through his or her actions to motivate others to higher levels of read more

Leadership is the ability of a single individual through his or her actions to motivate others to higher levels of achievement.

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.

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 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.