A leader may symbolize and express what is best in people, like Pericles, or what is worst, like Hitler, but read more

A leader may symbolize and express what is best in people, like Pericles, or what is worst, like Hitler, but he cannot successfully express what is only in his heart and not in theirs.

Leadership is the ability to hide your panic from others.

Leadership is the ability to hide your panic from others.

Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be read more

Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be forgiven him, indeed, they will be regarded as high qualities, if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.

The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of read more

The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. read more

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.

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 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.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse read more

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse when they despise him....But of a good leader who talks little when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say, "We did it ourselves. Chinese proverb -Lao Tzu.

Dictators are rulers who always look good until the last ten minutes.

Dictators are rulers who always look good until the last ten minutes.