There are two levers for moving men: interest and fear.

There are two levers for moving men: interest and fear.

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.

My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.

My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.

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.

To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary read more

To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead.

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned read more

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.

No organization is stronger than the quality of its leadership, or ever extends its constituency far beyond the degree to read more

No organization is stronger than the quality of its leadership, or ever extends its constituency far beyond the degree to which its leadership is representative. -Edgar Powell.

Sunwands turn rain droplets
into blackberry drupelets
as enkindled okra seeds
acknowledge heliocracy.

Sunwands turn rain droplets
into blackberry drupelets
as enkindled okra seeds
acknowledge heliocracy.

Leadership is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do read more

Leadership is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.