A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.

A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see.

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.

Source: Tao Te Ching (6 BC) by Lao Tzu.

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A leader is a dealer in hope.

Source: Napoleon I of France, in Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916) edited by Jules Bertaut, as translated by Herbert Edward Law and Charles Lincoln Rhodes.

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.

You don’t have to hold a position in order to be a leader.

The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don’t have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Throughout my years, I haven’t had that fear.