Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Leaders need to know who they are-including how others see them.
There are two ways of spreading light. To be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.
Remember the three Ds: Do it, Delegate it, or Dump it.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; but the realist adjusts the sails.
Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.
In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations.
To lead people, walk behind them.
A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.
One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.
The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.
In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
Great leaders use ambiguity but avoid unpredictability.
If you allow weak leadership, then you must contend with it.
You may lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.
He who would rule must hear and be deaf, see and be blind.
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
There are two levers for moving men – interest and fear.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
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.
To lead the people, walk behind them.
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles. But today it means getting along with people.
A frightened captain makes a frightened crew.
Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers from which they dare not dismount.
It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.
The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.
When we think we lead we most are led.
No leader can be too far ahead of his followers.
You know it’s time for change when children act like leaders and leaders act like children.