Consider…

… the idea that charisma can be as much a liability as an asset. Your strength of personality can sow the seeds of problems

– Jim Collins

He who…

… has a why to live for can bear almost any how

– Friedrich Nietzsche

The only…

… limit to our realisation of tomorrow will be our doubts of today; let us move forward with strong and active faith

– Franklin D. Roosevelt

Some of…

… the best business and nonprofit CEOs I’ve worked with over a sixty-five-year consulting career were not stereotypical leaders. They were all over the map in terms of their personalities, attitudes, values, strengths, and weaknesses

– Peter Drucker

You gain strength….

… courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do

– Eleanor Roosevelt

I am a….

… man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times

– Everett Dirksen

If there is….

… 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

Keep your…

…fears to yourself but share your inspiration with others

– Robert Louis Stevenson

 

Real leaders….

…are ordinary people with extraordinary commitment

– Anon

 

While great….

leaders may be as rare as great runners, great actors, or great painters, everyone has leadership potential, just as everyone has some ability at running, acting, and painting

– Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus