A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the read more

Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.

The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what read more

The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.

True leadership must be for the benefit of the followers not the enrichment of the leaders.

True leadership must be for the benefit of the followers not the enrichment of the leaders.

You do not lead by hitting people over the head-- that's assault, not leadership.

You do not lead by hitting people over the head-- that's assault, not leadership.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit read more

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.

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

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

Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or made free by read more

Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or made free by it; whether he is moved by other people and outer forces or moves them -- this is of the essence of leadership.

I cannot follow you Christians; for you try to crawl through your life upon your knees, while I stride through read more

I cannot follow you Christians; for you try to crawl through your life upon your knees, while I stride through mine on my feet.