… a trait which characterises leaders it is opportunism. Successful people are very often those who steadfastly refuse to be daunted by disadvantage and have the ability to turn disadvantage to good effect. They are people who seize opportunity and take risks. Leadership then seems to be a matter of personality and character
– John Viney
… is a fire to be ignited, not a vessel to be filled
– Plutarch
…. is to serve, nothing more and nothing less
– Andre Malraux
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… As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence.
The next best, the people honor and praise.
The next, the people fear;
and the next, the people hate …
When the best leader’s work is done the people say,
“We did it ourselves!”
– Lao-tsu
… wait for leaders. Do it alone, person to person
– Mother Teresa
…. a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests
– Gail Sheehy
… the wise use of power. Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it
– Warren G Bennis
…mark where others can only dream of going
– Anon
…the responsibility of leadership to provide opportunity, and the responsibility of individuals to contribute
– William Pollard
… not just a new generation of leadership but a new gender of leadership
– Bill Clinton
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