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Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
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.
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.
Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
Where are they now that we, the men whom they sent off to war, have returned? These are commanders who read more
Where are they now that we, the men whom they sent off to war, have returned? These are commanders who have deserted their troops, and there is no more serious crime in the law of war. The Army says they never leave their wounded. The Marines say they never leave even their dead. These men have left all the casualties and retreated behind a pious shield of public rectitude. They have left the real stuff of their reputation bleaching behind them in the sun in this country.
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.
The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing read more
The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.
You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader.
You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader.
Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem to effortlessly push some Senate read more
Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem to effortlessly push some Senate leaders toward conduct the American people don't want from their elected leaders: Abusing power. Inserting the government into our private lives. Injecting religion into debates about public policy. Jumping through hoops to ingratiate themselves to their party’s base, while step by step, day by day, real problems that keep American families up at night fall by the wayside here in Washington.
