“The future is taking shape now in our own beliefs and in the courage of our leaders. Ideas and leadership

– not natural or social 'forces' – are the prime movers in human affairs.”

– George Roche

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

– Napoleon Bonaparte

“Leadership is understanding people and involving them to

help you do a job.”– Admiral Arleigh A. Burke

“Leadership is practiced not so much in words as

in attitude and in actions.”

– Harold Geneen

“Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of

character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and

follower alike the burdens of self-restraint.”

– Lewis H. Lapham

“The leader has to be practical and a realist,

yet must talk the language of the visionary

and the idealist.”– Eric Hoffer

“A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the

courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to

the needs of others.”– Anonymous

“The beauty of empowering others is that

your own power is not diminished in the process.”

– Barbara Colorose

“The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born – that there is a genetic factor to leadership....... Leaders are made

rather than born.”– Warren Bennis

“Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common

occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities;

strong men make them”

– Senaca

“Leadership should be born out of the

understanding of the needs of those who

would be affected by it.”– Marian Anderson

“The very essence of leadership is its purpose. And the purpose of leadership is to accomplish a task. That is what leadership does – and

what it does is more important than what it is or how it works.”

– Colonel Dandridge M. Malone

“The man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on

the crowd.”– James Cooke

“Be humble in all of your leadership traits. Thank those who have made you so tall. Be human to others, consider them too,

Then smile through the glass on the wall.”

– John Schoolland

Hilary Richard Sam

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