"Be a leader, not a follower. Never let anyone tell you what you can and cannot be."
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"Common sense is both more rare and more desirable in leaders than mere intelligence."
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"The ability to connect and influence people, that's the job of a leader. And we're all leaders at some level."
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"Great leaders don’t try to be perfect. They try to be themselves. And that’s what makes them great."
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"Future U.S. political leaders – those for whom the Cold War was not the formative experience that it was for me – may not consider the return on America’s investment in NATO worth the cost."
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"The ageless melody, unheard, heals; the healing vision, unseen, leads; the true leaders, immortal, know..."
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"In order to be a leader a man must have followers. And to have followers, a man must have their confidence."
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"The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. So long as men are not trained to withhold judgment in the absence of evidence, they will be led astray by cocksure prophets, and it is likely that their leaders will be either ignorant fanatics or dishonest charlatans. To endure uncertainty is difficult, but so are most of the other virtues."
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"The leader is one who, out of the clutter, brings simplicity... out of discord, harmony... and out of difficulty, opportunity."
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"The leader of the deed was a woman. -Dux femina facti"
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"When we tell people to do their jobs, we get workers. When we trust people to get the job done, we get leaders."
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"A leader, first and foremost, is human. Only when we have the strength to show our vulnerability can we truly lead."
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"Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems."
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"Remember, every great leader (or visionary or brave thinker) was initially laughed at. Now they are revered."
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"Companies must have a noble cause, and it's the leaders job to transform that noble cause into such an inspiring vision, that it will attract the most talented people in the world to want to join it."
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"Every great leader of the past, whose record I have examined, was beset by difficulties and met with temporary defeat before 'arriving"
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"By preaching the doctrine that nothing is to be admired except steel and concrete, one merely makes it a little surer that human beings will have no outlet for their surplus energy except in hatred and leader worship."
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"I never thought of myself as the leader. The most important person, perhaps."
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"Kim Jong Un is an unreasonable leader and a very dangerous person. Yet he is the person who has effective control over North Korea, and he is the person who has the authority to denuclearize North Korea."
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"I therefore suggested that WWF should invite leaders from the major religions to meet together to discuss what - if any - responsibility they felt they had for the natural environment as a "sacred" entity."
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