"Great leaders don't blame the tools they are given. Great leaders work to sharpen them."
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"Leadership is about having principles. A leader must have a vision and principles that will endure for all time and must always be true to these principles, applying them to changing circumstances"
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"[When opposed by leaders of her Council:] I will make you shorter by the head!"
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"When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people."
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"Innovation distinguishes a leader from a follower."
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"I am a leader. Leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat; Bob Marley got heat; Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means you're doing something right."
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"To return to higher standards of living we must abandon the false prophets and seek new leaders of our own choosing."
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"Don't follow leaders."
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"Only the Communist Party, as the institution that brings together the revolutionary vanguard and will always guarantee the unity of Cubans, can be the worthy heir of the trust deposited by the people in their leader."
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"You gotta be hungry for it. You’ve got to put everything you got on it. EVERYTHING! Every second. You have to be the first one in line. That’s how leaders are born."
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"The quality of a leader cannot be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks."
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"I think I've always been a follow-the-leader with my career, or maybe waiting for things to happen. Now I'm like, I'm OK-I know the direction, whoever's on board can go with me."
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"I can not give you the reference of Ram Chandar or Krishna, because they were not historical figures. I can not help it but to present to you the names of (Hazrat) Abu Bakar (RA) and (Hazrat) Umar Farooq (RA). They were leaders of a vast Empire, yet they lived a life of austerity."
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"Honored delegates, leaders of the world, I pretend for a living."
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"Remember that our nation's first great leaders were also our first great scholars."
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"The trust of the people in the leaders reflects the confidence of the leaders in the people."
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"The amount of success it takes for leaders to become overconfident isn't terribly large."
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"Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want."
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"Worship leaders, let's choose to praise rather than perform when leading."
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"A network marketing business is based upon the leaders pulling people up, while a traditional corporate or government business is based upon only promoting a few and keeping the masses of employees content with a steady paycheck."
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